Sepphoris Ii

Author : Eric C. Lapp
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781575064055

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Sepphoris II by Eric C. Lapp Pdf

Sepphoris was an important Galilean site from Hellenistic to early Islamic times. This multicultural city is described by Flavius Josephus as the “ornament of all Galilee,” and Rabbi Judah the Prince (ha-Nasi) codified the Mishnah there around 200 CE. The Duke University excavations of the 1980s and 1990s uncovered a large corpus of clay oil lamps in the domestic area of the western summit, and this volume presents these vessels. Richly illustrated with photos and drawings, it describes the various shape-types and includes a detailed catalog of 219 lamps. The volume also explores the origins of the Sepphoris lamps and establishes patterns of their trade, transport, and sale in the lower city’s marketplace. A unique contribution is the use of a combined petrographic and direct current plasma-optical emission spectrometric (dcp-oes) analysis of selected lamp fabrics from sites in Israel and Jordan. This process provided valuable information, indicating that lamps found in Sepphoris came from Judea, the Decapolis, and even Greece, suggesting an urban community fully engaged with other regional centers. Lamp decorations also provide information about the cosmopolitan culture of Sepphoris in antiquity. Discus lamps with erotic scenes and mythological characters suggest Greco-Roman influences, and menorahs portrayed on lamps indicate a vibrant Jewish identity.

Author : Jonathan L. Reed
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1563383942

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Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus by Jonathan L. Reed Pdf

Drawing on his years of field experience in Galilee, the author illustrates how the archaeological record has been misused by New Testament scholars, and how synthesis of the material culture is foundational for understanding Christian origins in Galilee and the Jewish culture out of which they arose.

Author : Markus Tiwald,Jürgen Zangenberg
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9783647564944

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Early Christian Encounters with Town and Countryside by Markus Tiwald,Jürgen Zangenberg Pdf

Ever since Jesus walked the hills of Galilee and Paul travelled the roads of Asia Minor and Greece, Christianity has shown a remarkable ability to adapt itself to various social and cultural environments. Recent research has demonstrated that these environments can only be very insufficiently termed as "rural" or "urban". Neither was Jesus' Galilee only rural, nor Paul's Asia only "urban". On the background of ongoing research on the diversity of social environments in the Early Empire, this volume will focus on various early Christian "worlds" as witnessed in canonical and non-canonical texts. How did Early Christians experience and react to "rural" and "urban" life? What were the mechanisms behind this adaptability? Papers will analyze the relation between urban Christian beginnings and the role of the rural Jesus-tradition. In what sense did the image of Jesus, the "Galilean village Jew", change when his message was carried into the cities of the Mediterranean world from Jerusalem to Athens or Rome? Papers will not only deal with various personalities or literary works whose various attitudes towards urban life became formative for future Christianity. They will also explore the different local milieus that demonstrate the wide range of Christian cultural perspectives.

Author : Rāḥēl Ḥaḵlîlî
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004167544

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Ancient Mosaic Pavements by Rāḥēl Ḥaḵlîlî Pdf

This publication is engaged in issues, trends, and themes depicted on mosaic pavements discovered in Israel, the Gaza Strip and Petra (the provinces of ancient Palaestina Prima, Secunda and Tertia) with comparable floors in Jordan (Arabia). The majority of the mosaic pavements discussed in this study are dated to the 4th-8th centuries CE. Mosaic pavements were the normal medium for decorating the floors of synagogues, churches, monasteries, and chapels, as well as public and private buildings. Inscriptions found on many of the pavements commemorate the donors, refer to the artists, and sometimes date the mosaics. The ornamentation of the mosaics in this region is remarkable, rich, and varied in its themes and provides many insights into the contemporary artistic and social cultures.

Author : David Jacobson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780429823572

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Agrippa II by David Jacobson Pdf

Agrippa II is the first comprehensive biography of the last descendant of Herod the Great to rule as a client king of Rome. Agrippa was the last king to assume responsibility for the management of the Temple in Jerusalem, and he ultimately saw its destruction in the Judaean-Roman War. This study documents his life from a childhood spent at the Imperial court in Rome and rise to the position of client king of Rome under Claudius and Nero. It examines his role in the War during which he sided with Rome, and offers fresh insights into his failure to intervene to prevent the destruction of Jerusalem and its Sanctuary, as well as reviewing Agrippa’s encounter with nascent Christianity through his famous interview with the Apostle Paul. Also addressed is the vexed question of the obscurity into which Agrippa II has fallen, in sharp contrast with his sister Berenice, whose intimate relationship with Titus, the heir to the Roman throne, has fired the imagination of writers through the ages. This study also includes appendices surveying the coins issued in the name of Agrippa II and the inscriptions from his reign. This volume will appeal to anyone studying Judaean-Roman relations and the Judaean-Roman War, as well as those working more broadly on Roman client kingship, and Rome’s eastern provinces. It covers topics that continue to attract general interest as well as stirring current scholarly debate. Maps 1 and 2 available in colour at www.routledge.com/9781138331815

Author : David A Fiensy,James Riley Strange
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506401959

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Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 2 by David A Fiensy,James Riley Strange Pdf

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.

Author : Morten Hørning Jensen
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Galilee (Israel)
ISBN : 3161503627

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Herod Antipas in Galilee by Morten Hørning Jensen Pdf

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark, 2005.

Author : Emil Schürer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Apocryphal books (Old Testament)
ISBN : OXFORD:590885067

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A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ: Political history of Palestine from B.C. 175 to A.D. 135 by Emil Schürer Pdf

Author : Emil Schürer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Apocrypha
ISBN : HARVARD:HNRQCM

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A History of the Jewish People in the Time of Jesus Christ by Emil Schürer Pdf

Author : Michael L. Satlow
Publisher : SBL Press
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781946527134

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Strength to Strength by Michael L. Satlow Pdf

Essays that engage the scholarship of Shaye J. D. Cohen The essays in Strength to Strength honor Shaye J. D. Cohen across a range of ancient to modern topics. The essays seek to create an ongoing conversation on issues of identity, cultural interchange, and Jewish literature and history in antiquity, all areas of particular interest for Cohen. Contributors include: Moshe J. Bernstein, Daniel Boyarin, Jonathan Cohen, Yaakov Elman, Ari Finkelstein, Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert, Steven D. Fraade, Isaiah M. Gafni, Gregg E. Gardner, William K. Gilders, Martin Goodman, Leonard Gordon, Edward L. Greenstein, Erich S. Gruen, Judith Hauptman, Jan Willem van Henten, Catherine Hezser, Tal Ilan, Richard Kalmin, Yishai Kiel, Ross S. Kraemer, Hayim Lapin, Lee I. Levine, Timothy H. Lim, Duncan E. MacRae, Ivan Marcus, Mahnaz Moazami, Rachel Neis, Saul M. Olyan, Jonathan J. Price, Jeffrey L. Rubenstein, Michael L. Satlow, Lawrence H. Schiffman, Daniel R. Schwartz, Joshua Schwartz, Karen Stern, Stanley Stowers, and Burton L. Visotzky. Features: A full bibliography of Cohen’s published works An essay on the contributions of Cohen

Author : Mark A. Chancey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139434652

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The Myth of a Gentile Galilee by Mark A. Chancey Pdf

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-century Galileans were Jews. Utilizing the gospels, the writings of Josephus, and published archaeological excavation reports, Mark A. Chancey traces the historical development of the region's population and examines in detail specific cities and villages, finding ample indications of Jewish inhabitants and virtually none for gentiles. He argues that any New Testament scholarship that attempts to contextualize the Historical Jesus or the Jesus movement in Galilee must acknowledge and pay due attention to the region's predominantly Jewish milieu. This accessible book will be of interest to New Testament scholars as well as scholars of Judaica, Syro-Palestinian archaeology, and the Roman Near East.

Author : Harold W. Hoehner
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310422518

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Herod Antipas by Harold W. Hoehner Pdf

A work about Herod Antipas' political career.

Author : David A. Fiensy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625641816

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Christian Origins and the Ancient Economy by David A. Fiensy Pdf

What does economics have to do with Christian origins? Why study such a connection? First of all, the New Testament makes many direct references to economic issues. But, second, the economy affects every other aspect of life (family, religion, community, work, health, and politics). To understand what it was like to live in a society, one must understand what the economy was doing. The study of the economy includes not only the goods and services of a society but also human labor and its control. For one, it entails the size of the pie of goods. (How prosperous was first-century Galilee?) But the study of economy also takes account of the slice of the pie that each family obtained. (How fair was the economy to each family?) Those involved in the quest for the historical Jesus have discovered that the ancient economy is a major point of dispute among various interpreters. Was the early Jesus movement a socioeconomic protest? Or was it primarily a religious reform? These two approaches understand Jesus in remarkably different ways. This volume seeks to guide readers through some of the most controversial issues raised in the last twenty years on this important topic.

Author : Andrea M. Berlin,J. Andrew Overman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134518326

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The First Jewish Revolt by Andrea M. Berlin,J. Andrew Overman Pdf

The First Jewish Revolt against Rome is arguably the most decisive event in the history of Judaism and Christianity. The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE by the Roman General Titus forced a transformation in structure and form for both of these fraternal religions. Yet despite its importance, little has been written on the First Revolt, its causes, implications and the facts surrounding it. In this volume, Andrea M. Berlin and J. Andrew Overman have gathered the foremost scholars on the period to discuss and debate this pivotal historical event. The contributions explore both Roman and Jewish perspectives on the Revolt, looking at its history and archaeology, and finally examining the ideology and interpretation of the revolt in subsequent history and myth.

Author : Shaye J. D. Cohen
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9004059229

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Josephus in Galilee and Rome by Shaye J. D. Cohen Pdf