The Galilean economy in the time of Jesus / edited by David A. Fiensy and Ralph K. Hawkins.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Fiensy, David A., editor.
• Hawkins, Ralph K., editor.

Series:

• Early Christianity and its literature ; number 11.
• Early Christianity and its literature ; no. 11.
• Early Christianity and its literature ; number 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Galilee (Israel)--Antiquities.
• Galilee (Israel)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

ix, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2013]

Summary:

In order to provide an up-to-date report and analysis of the economic conditions of first-century C.E. Galilee, this collection surveys recent archaeological excavations (Sepphoris, Yodefat, Magdala, and Khirbet Qana) and reviews results from older excavations (Capernaum). It also offers both interpretation of the excavations for economic questions and lays out the parameters of the current debate on the standard of living of the ancient Galileans. The essays included, by archaeologists as well as biblical scholars, have been drawn from the perspective of archaeology or the social sciences. The volume thus represents a broad spectrum of views on this timely and often hotly debated issue. The contributors are Mordechai Aviam, David A. Fiensy, Ralph K. Hawkins, Sharon Lea Mattila, Tom McCollough, and Douglas Oakman. Book jacket.

Contents:

• People, land, economy, and belief in first century Galilee and its origins: a comprehensive archaeological synthesis / Mordechai Aviam
• City and village in lower Galilee; the import of the archeological excavations at Sepphoris and Khirbet Qana (Cana) for framing the economic context of Jesus / Tom McCollough
• Revisiting Jesus' Capernaum: a village of only subsistence-level fishers and farmers? / Sharon Lea Mattila
• Execrating? or execrable peasants! / Douglas E. Oakman
• Assessing the economy of Galilee in the late second temple period: five considerations / David A. Fiensy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

• 1589837576
• 9781589837577
• 9781589837850
• 1589837851

OCLC:

836557481

Publisher Number:

99955612628