Ezra

Information about 1 Esdras can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Esdras
An article by L. McFall on the chronology of Ezra and Nehemiah: http://www.btinternet.com/~lmf12/EzraNehArticle.pdf

Nehemiah

Rebuilding the city wall (Neh. 3)
Neh.3:14-15. The first fragment of the book of Nehemiah recently found in Qumran. http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/book-of-nehemiah-found-among-the-scrolls/
The water system in Jerusalem: Siloam and Gichon spring with tunnels: http://holylandphotos.org/browse.asp?s=1,2,6,19,359
Remnant of Nehemiah's wall, discovered in 2007:
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=4418.2664.0.0
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22031220

The Jewish recitation (Neh. 8)
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=109&letter=C

Renewal of the covenant (Neh. 9 and 10)
Article by T.C. Eskenazi: http://www.jhsonline.org/Articles/article_21.htm
A contemporary covenant renewal: https://www.lausanne.org/nl/het-verbond-van-lausanne/verbond-van-lausanne

Tomb of the sons of Chezir in the Kidrondal at Jerusalem (Neh. 10:21)
http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/28.htm

Ester

Susa: http://www.livius.org/su-sz/susa/susa00.html
Urquhart in ISBE: http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/E/ESTHER%2C+BOOK+OF/
Haman: http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/H/HAMAN/
Greek (apocryphal) additions to Ester: http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/E/ESTHER%2C+THE+REST+OF/
On the historian Curtius: http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/curtius/qcr.html
On Herodotus: http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodotus/herodotus01.htm
Herodotus' work "Histories" can be accessed at
http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodotus/logoi.html (not whole text)http://www.koxkollum.nl/herodotus/frameset.htm (entire text in Ned.).

Job

Job through the ages
http://www.blakearchive.org/exist/blake/archive/copy.xq?copyid=bb421.1&java=yes

Camels in ancient times (Job 1:3)
http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2009/03/Bronze-Age-Camel-Petroglyphs-In-The-Wadi-Nasib2c-Sinai.aspx

Earthquakes in Israel (Job 9:5-6)
http://www.biblewalks.com/info/Earthquakes.html

Astronomy in Job (Job 9:9)
J.P. van de Giessen, 'Astronomy in Job' covers all the astronomical topics in the book of Job: http://bijbelaantekeningen.blogspot.com/2009/01/astronomie-in-job.html

Papyrus ships (Job 9:26)
http://bijbelaantekeningen.blogspot.com/2007/05/papyrus-schepen.html

Job's second answer to Elifaz (Job 17)
A comparison between the MT and LXX, with translation into English: http://www.katapi.org.uk/katapiNSBunix/Lxx/LxxHBByBC.php?GB=18&GC=17

Nachash, the dragon (Job 26:13)
http://bijbelaantekeningen.blogspot.com/2006/01/nachash-de-draak.html

Copper mines at Timna (Job. 28:2)
http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/Timna.html
http://www.biblewalks.com/Sites/Timna.html

http://blog.bibleplaces.com/2013/09/king-solomons-mines-after-all.html
http://www.bibleplaces.com/timnavalley.htm

Other copper mines in Edom:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027174545.htm

Glass in ancient times (Job 28:17)
http://www.museumkennis.nl/lp.rmo/museumkennis/i000342.html

Pearl coral in the Red Sea (Job 28:18)
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=Plerogyra_sinuosa

Olive pressing in the ancient Near East (Job 29:6)
http://www.biblewalks.com/info/OilPresses.html
http://www.gemsinisrael.com/e_article000008705.htm

Worship of the phoenix, especially in Egypt (Job. 29:18)
http://www.livius.org/phi-php/phoenix/phoenix.html
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/phoenix.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/benu.htm

Inhabited cave in Galilee (Job 30:6)
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126281

First answer of the Lord to Job (Job 39)
W. Lang: http://www.creationism.org/lang/LangJobScience/LangJobSci39.htm

Natural parks in Israel (Job 39)
http://www.science.co.il/Nature.asp
An alphabetical list of animals: http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/animals.html
An alphabetical list of animals, with drawn illustrations:
http://bible.ort.org/books/glosd1.asp?ACTION=displayletter&char=65&cat=4

The horse (Job 39:19[V22])
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/science/06horses.html?_r=2

Second answer of the Lord to Job (Job 40 and 41)
W. Lang: http://www.creationism.org/lang/LangJobScience/LangJobSci40.htm
Hippo: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijlpaard
Crocodile: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krokodilachtigen
Job 41 - W. Lang: http://www.creationism.org/lang/LangJobScience/LangJobSci41.htm

Answer of Job (Job 42)
W. Lang: http://www.creationism.org/lang/LangJobScience/LangJobSci42.htm
Job 42 - Addition of the Septuagint: http://www.katapi.org.uk/katapiNSBunix/Lxx/LxxByBC.php?GB=18&GC=42
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/

Excursions

1. Chronology: the Babylonian exile and the return
Some illustrated timelines:
http://fontes.lstc.edu/~rklein/Documents/yehud.htm
http://pursiful.com/articles/index.php?thisDoc=26

Jonsson's critique of Oslo chronology:
http://kristenfrihet.se/english/furulirev1.htm
http://kristenfrihet.se/english/furulirev2.htm
http://kristenfrihet.se/english/furulirev3.htm

2. The Persians
The Persian Empire (general): http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perzische_Rijk
The royal dynasty of ancient Persia: http://www.livius.org/aa-ac/achaemenians/achaemenians.html
King Cyrus:  http://www.livius.org/ct-cz/cyrus_I/cyrus.html
King Darius: http://www.livius.org/da-dd/darius/darius_i_0.html
The Greek Herodotus: http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodotus/logoi.html
Darius' inscription at Behistun: http://www.livius.org/be-bm/behistun/behistun01.html
Xenophon: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2085
Persepolis: http://www.livius.org/pen-pg/persepolis/persepolis.html
Pasargadae: http://www.livius.org/pan-paz/pasargadae/pasargadae.html
Susa: http://www.livius.org/su-sz/susa/susa00.html
Ekbatana: http://www.livius.org/articles/place/ecbatana-hamadan/

3. The Samaritans
General information about the Samaritans:

http://www.bible-history.com/Samaritans/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaritans
http://www.livius.org/saa-san/samaria/samaritans.htm

The Samaritan Museum: http://samaritans-mu.com/oldfolders/eng/index.html
The Samaritan Passover: http://www.bibleplaces.com/samaritan-passover/
Excavations on the Gerizim (Y. Magen, Israel Antiquities Authority):
http://www.antiquities.org.il/article_Item_eng.asp?sec_id=36&subj_id=286

5. Surviving as a religious minority
Inscriptions from synagogues in Alexandria dedicated to Ptolemaic rulers: http://www.pohick.org/sts/egypt.html

6. The social position and role of women in the Old Testament
http://creation.com/biblical-view-women
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=266&letter=W

8. Life after death in the OT
Stele in Sam'al: http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/081120/ironage.shtml
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/science/18soul.html?_r=2&8dpc&oref=slogin
Tyre: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE4AB3QW20081112

9. The Behemot and the Leviathan in the book of Job
Cave in Galilee: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126281
Behemot: http://creationontheweb.com/images/pdfs/tj/j15_2/j15_2_42-45.pdf
Legends: http://creation.com/was-leviathan-a-parasaurolophus
Behemot and leviatan in Judaism:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=275&letter=L&search=behemoth
Traces of dinosaurs in Yemen:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=dinosaur-tracks-discoverered-in-arabian-peninsula
Dinosaurs and the Bible:
http://www.creabel.org/index.php?id=106
http://www.scheppingofevolutie.nl/images/boeken/dinoboek.pdf
Cees van Arnhem: http://home.hccnet.nl/cw.arnhem/frintro.html
Graves from the time when the Sahara was green: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/science/15sahara.html?em
Website on African swallow: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_African_Rift_Valley