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 An Overview of Israelite, Jewish, and Early Christian History
A helpful review, from Father Felix Just, S.J.,of Loyola Marymount University. For a broad overview:
- Main Events in the History of Early Christianity

 Source Book for Ancient Church History from the Apostolic Age to the Close of the Conciliar Period (1913).  Collects primary texts in English translation, arranged by themes within the various periods. The book begins with Tacitus on Nero’s persecution and continues to the seventh ecumenical council, so we’re talking about the entire patristic era. The author is Joseph Cullen Ayer, Jr., Ph.D., professor in the divinity school of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Philadelphia. A good introduction to the history and the sources.

The Christians as the Romans Saw Them
A collection of ancient texts from the time of Jesus and the early Church.

Ancient Jewish Accounts of Jesus
A collection of ancient texts from the time of Jesus and the early Church.

 The Practice of Christianity in Roman Africa
A good and growing site devoted to understanding the early Church in North Africa during the second to seventh centuries. Each of the sections below includes numerous scholarly articles :
- Burial Practices and Care for the Dead
- Baptism and Initiation Rituals
- Cult of the Saints
- Eucharist and other Ritual Meals
- Penance
- Church Leadership: Roles and Requirements
- Books and Reading
- Marriage and Family
- Pious Practices
- Prayer

Slide Shows:
- Hippo Regius: Basilica and Baptistry
- Madaura: City and Basilica
- Tipasa: Basilica, Baptistry, Cemetery