Format:
1 online resource (247 pages)
ISBN:
9780511157615
Series Statement:
Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series v.118
Content:
A thorough investigation of the nature of first-century CE Galilee's population.
Content:
Cover -- Hafl-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Reference works -- Periodicals -- Josephus -- Rabbinic works -- NOTE ON DATING -- INTRODUCTION -- Hellenism, Greco-Roman culture, and paganism -- The challenges of using archaeological data -- Outline of argument -- 1 IMAGES OF GALILEE'S POPULATION IN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP -- Before the digs -- The influence of archaeology -- Regionalism and Galilee -- "Hellenized" and "urbanized" Galilee -- Jewish Galilee -- Conclusion -- 2 THE POLITICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF GALILEE -- The Assyrian conquest of Galilee -- Before the invasion -- Galilee and the fall of Israel -- The depopulation of Galilee -- Galilee in the Persian period -- Macedonian and Greek rule -- Galilee and the Maccabees -- Simon's expedition to Galilee -- "Galilee of the Gentiles" -- The rescue campaign -- Other Maccabean campaigns in Galilee -- Galilee in the Maccabean period -- The Hasmoneans and Galilee -- Aristobulus and the "Judaization" of Galilee -- Alexander Jannaeus and Galilee -- The archaeological evidence for population shifts -- Herodian and Roman rule -- The Herodian dynasty -- Herod the great -- Galilee under Antipas -- Roman administration of Galilee in the first century CE -- Galileans and the temple -- Galilee during the Jewish War -- The aftermath of the Revolt -- Roman occupation -- Judean migration to Galilee -- Galilee's population in the first century CE -- 3 GALILEAN COMMUNITIES IN THE LATE HELLENISTIC AND EARLY ROMAN PERIODS -- The nature of our evidence -- The literary sources -- The archaeological materials -- Lower Galilee -- Sepphoris and the surrounding areas -- Sepphoris -- Nazareth -- Asochis/Shihin -- Cana -- Jotapata -- The sea of Galilee region -- Tiberias -- Hammath -- Beth Yerah -- Magdala/Taricheae -- Arbela -- Capernaum -- Chorazin -- Bethsaida.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521814874
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521814874
Additional Edition:
Print version The Myth of a Gentile Galilee
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=202194
