Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and UpdatedHarper Collins, 2009 M08 11 - 368 pages The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world. There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times, but also huge, lesser known advances in first–century Palestine archaeology that explain a great deal about Jesus, his followers, and his teachings. This is the first book that combines the two and it does it in a fresh, accessible way that will interest both biblical scholars and students and also the thousands of lay readers of Biblical Archaeology Review (150,000+ circulation), National Geographic, and other archaeology and ancient history books and magazines. Each chapter of the book focuses on a major modern archaeological or textual discovery and shows how that discovery opens a window onto a major feature of Jesus's life and teachings.
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Contents
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Examples of Ossuary Inscriptions 23 TwentyFirstCentury Nazareth | 53 |
Church of the Annunciation after Bagatti | 59 |
The FirstCentury Synagogue at Gamla after Maoz | 61 |
Reconstruction of FirstCentury Nazareth | 71 |
Herod the Greats Caesarea Maritima after Netzer | 95 |
Pontius Pilate Inscription from Caesarea Maritima collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority photograph copyright the Israel Museum Jerusalem | 98 |
Reconstruction of FirstCentury Caesarea Maritima | 101 |
The FirstCentury Galilee Boat courtesy Yigal Allon Museum Kibbutz Ginnosar | 124 |
Reconstruction of FirstCentury Capernaum | 126 |
St Peters House and Church after Corbo | 131 |
The Sanctuary of Pan at Caesarea Philippi after Maoz | 140 |
The Triclinium at Masadas Northern Palace after Foerster | 143 |
Herods Promontory Palace at Caesarea after Netzer | 145 |
Reconstruction of the Late Roman Dionysos Villa at Sepphoris | 150 |
Acknowledgments | 325 |
FirstCentury City Gate at Tiberias after Foerster | 105 |
FirstCentury Theater at Sepphoris after Meyers Netzer and Meyers | 107 |
Reconstruction of FirstCentury Tiberias | 109 |
Index | 331 |
Other editions - View all
Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed No preview available - 2001 |
Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed No preview available - 2002 |
Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed No preview available - 2009 |
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