Galilee in the late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods / David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fiensy, David A.

Strange, James Riley

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel--Galilee.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Galilee (Israel)--History.

Galilee (Israel).

Galilee (Israel)--Antiquities.

Galilee (Israel)--Social life and customs.

Antiquities.

Manners and customs.

Israel--Galilee.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress, [2014]-

Summary:

Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social-science interpreters who have devoted a significant amount of time and energy to the research of ancient Galilee, this accessible volume includes modern general studies of Galilee and of Galilean history, as well as specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road systems, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide. Book jacket.

Contents:

v. 1. Life, culture, and society

v. 2. The archaeological record from cities, towns, and villages.

Introduction to Galilee: volumes 1 and 2. Galilee and the historical Jesus in recent research. History. The political history in Galilee from the first century BCE to the end of the second century CE

Religious practices and religious movements in Galilee : 100 BCE-200 CE

The ethnicities of Galileans

The synagogues of Galilee

Notable Galilean persons

Social movements in Galilee. Village life. The Galilean village in the late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods

Household Judaism

The Galilean house in the late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods

Morality, morbidity, and economics in Jesus' Galilee

Education/literacy in Jewish Galilee : was there any and at what level?. Economics. The Galilean road system

Urbanization and industry in Mishnaic Galilee

Never the two shall meet? Urban-rural interaction in lower Galilee

Inner village life in Galilee : a diverse and complex phenomenon

Debate : was the Galilean economy oppressive or prosperous. A. Late Second Temple Galilee : socio-archaeology and dimensions of exploitation in first-century Palestine . B. Late Second Temple Galilee : a picture of relative economic health. Taxation and other sources of government income in the Galilee of Harod and Antipas

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

1451466749

9781451466744

9781451467420

OCLC:

881204782