This section of the Toolbox collects links to websites that help contextualize talmudic sources, particularly ones that have primary sources or bibliographic information.

Iranian

• Sasanika – The History and Culture of the Sasanians
• Harvard Resources for Iranian Studies
• Avesta Digital Archive
• Avesta.org (Zoroastrian Texts)
• Encyclopedia Iranica
• Titus – Iranian Texts Transcribed
• Manichaean Texts from Turfan
• Videvdad Project Website

Greco-Roman

• LacusCurtius – Into the Roman World
• Perseus Digital Library
• Loeb Classical Library

Gnosticism

• Gnosis Society Library
• Mandaean Texts
• Mandaean Book of John Project

Syriac Christianity

• Syriac Texts at the Neal A Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.
• A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity of the Center for the Study of Christianity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Resources for Syriac Studies: An annotated collection of free and open source books, journals, and more related to the study of Syriac.

The Land of Israel in Late Antiquity

• The Bornblum Eretz Israel Synagogues Website of the Kinneret College
• Inscriptions of Israel/Palestine
• A Bibliography on Christianity in Palestine/Eretz-Israel of the Center for the Study of Christianity at Hebrew University.

Magic

• Virtual Magic Bowl Archive
• Scott Noegel’s Jewish Magic Bibliography