Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus A Re-examination of the Evidence
Reed, Jonathan L.
Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus A Re-examination of the Evidence Jonathan L. Reed - U.S.A. Trinity Press International 2002 - 253tr. Paperback, illustrations 22cm
... This new study demonstrates the necessity of considering the specifically Galilean local conditions in the interpretation of New Testament texts. In the first section of his book, Reed shows how settlement patterns and artifacts from Galilee point to close ties between Judean and Galilean Jews during Jesus' time, as well as the ways that Roman urbanization projects at Sepphoris and Tiberias commercialized agrarian peasant life in Galilee. In a second section Reed focuses on the archaeology of Sepphoris, the largest city in Galilee, just north of Nazareth, and Capernaum, Jesus' base of operations at the periphery of Roman power centers. In his final section Reed concludes that our understandings of New Testament texts are enriched considerably by a careful study of the Galilean context of the writings.
9781563383946, 1563383942
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Galilee
Jesus Christ -- Biography -- History and criticism
225.93 / J76-R32
Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus A Re-examination of the Evidence Jonathan L. Reed - U.S.A. Trinity Press International 2002 - 253tr. Paperback, illustrations 22cm
... This new study demonstrates the necessity of considering the specifically Galilean local conditions in the interpretation of New Testament texts. In the first section of his book, Reed shows how settlement patterns and artifacts from Galilee point to close ties between Judean and Galilean Jews during Jesus' time, as well as the ways that Roman urbanization projects at Sepphoris and Tiberias commercialized agrarian peasant life in Galilee. In a second section Reed focuses on the archaeology of Sepphoris, the largest city in Galilee, just north of Nazareth, and Capernaum, Jesus' base of operations at the periphery of Roman power centers. In his final section Reed concludes that our understandings of New Testament texts are enriched considerably by a careful study of the Galilean context of the writings.
9781563383946, 1563383942
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Galilee
Jesus Christ -- Biography -- History and criticism
225.93 / J76-R32