Galilee and Gospel

This collection of essays brings together a number of studies of Galilee in Hellenistic and Roman times. Sean Freyne evaluates the important archaeological work in the Galilee and brings this evidence into a critical dialogue with the literary evidence. The emerging profile of the social and religious world of Galilee has proved highly influential in discussions about the historical Jesus, especially in relation to the matrix of Early Christianity. Several individual studies demonstrate how the reconstructed social world, viewed as text, offers the possibility of new readings of familiar gospel texts.Introduction. Galilean Studies: Problems and Prospects
The Galileans in the Light of Josephus' Life - Urban-Rural Relations in First-Century Galilee: Some Suggestions from the Literary Sources - Town and Country Once More: The Case of Roman Galilee - Galilee-Jerusalem Relations According to Josephus' Life - Herodian Economics in Galilee. Searching for a Suitable Model - Behind the Names: Galileans, Samaritans, Ioudaioi - Hanina Ben Dosa, A Galilean Charismatic - Archaeology and the Historical Jesus - Jesus and the Urban Culture of Galilee - Galilean Questions to Crossan's Mediterranean Jesus - Messiah and Galilee - Jesus the Wine-Drinker: A Friend of Women - Locality and Doctrine: Mark and John Revisited - Christianity in Sephhoris and in Galilee Bibliography - Index of Ancient Sources - Index of Subjects and Names