Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods (2 vols.)
Overview
Explore Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods with the site excavations of towns and villages and discover what these excavations may tell us about the history of settlement in this important period. Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social scientists, these volumes include modern studies of Galilee and its history. Contributors dig into issues of taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide in Jesus’ historical context. This volume also includes a rich selection of images, figures, charts, and maps that present Jesus’ location and culture in vivid detail.
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Key Features
- Draws on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social scientists
- Explores Galilee and its history through archaeology
- Provides detailed and informative maps and timelines
Product Details
- Title: Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods
- Editors: David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Volumes: 2
- Pages: 913
- Resource Type: Collected Essays
- Topic: Bible Backgrounds
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Place Jesus’ ministry in context with these in-depth studies of ancient Galilee. Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social scientists who have devoted a significant amount of time and energy to the research of Jesus’ home town, this accessible volume includes modern studies of Galilee and its history. Contributors dig into issues of taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide in Jesus’ historical context. This volume also includes a rich selection of images, figures, charts, and maps that present Jesus’ location and culture in vivid detail.
This is a volume of considerable use to both experts and nonexperts and belongs on the shelf of anyone trying to situate texts in their Galilean context.
—William Arnal, professor of religious studies, University of Regina
The present volume—written by top scholars for the lay student, but also with researchers in mind—offers an excellent overview . . . with a generous helping of archaeology.
—Danny Syon, head of scholarly assessment, Israel Antiquities Authority
These detailed and rich discussions bring to life the world of Jesus and his contemporaries.
—Craig A. Evans, Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, Acadia Divinity College
This second of two volumes on Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods focuses on the site excavations of towns and villages and what these excavations may tell us about the history of settlement in this important period. The important site at Sepphoris is treated with four short articles, while the rest of the articles focus on a single site and include site plans, diagrams, maps, photographs of artifacts and structures, and extensive bibliographic listings.
The articles in the volume have been written by an international group of experts on Galilee in this period: Christians, Jews, and secular scholars, many of whom are also regular participants in the twenty site excavations featured in the volume.
The volume also features detailed maps of Galilee, a gallery of color images, timelines related to the period, and helpful indices. Together with Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society, this volume provides the latest word of these topics for the expert and nonexpert alike.
This excellent volume on the archaeological sites in Galilee provides the underpinnings for the topically arranged Galilee Volume 1. A ‘who’s who’ of the key archaeologists and the other leading scholars take the reader through all the main Galilean sites for which well-documented archaeological evidence is currently available. This book will be a basic resource for study of the context of Galilean Judaism and of the historical Jesus and his early followers.
—Peter Oakes, Universoty of Manchester
About the Editors
David A. Fiensy is the author of The College Press NIV Commentary Series: New Testament Introduction. He has been a professor at Kentucky Christian University since 1995. Prior to this he served for six years as the senior minister at Grape Grove Church of Christ, Jamestown, Ohio.
James Riley Strange is associate professor of religion at Samford University and director of the Shikhin Excavation Project. He is also the author of The Moral World of James and The Emergence of the Christian Basilica.