The myth of a Gentile Galilee

The Myth of a Gentile Galilee is the most thorough synthesis to date of archaeological and literary evidence relating to the population of Galilee in the first-century CE. The book demonstrates that, contrary to the perceptions of many New Testament scholars, the overwhelming majority of first-centu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Chancey, Mark A., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2002.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 118.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42014438*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Images of Galilee's population in biblical scholarship. Before the digs. The influence of archaeology. Jewish Galilee
  • 2. The political and demographic history of Galilee. The Assyrian conquest of Galilee. Galilee in the Persian period. Macedonian and Greek rule. Galilee and the Maccabees. The Hasmoneans and Galilee. Herodian and Roman rule. Galilee during the Jewish War. The aftermath of the Revolt. Galilee's population in the first century CE
  • 3. Galilean communities in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The nature of our evidence. Lower Galilee. Upper Galilee
  • 4. Galilee and the circle of nations. The "foreign nations" Galilee and the neighboring areas.