Mark A. Chancey, Chancey Mark a.

Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus

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Produktbeschreibung

An investigation of the archaeological evidence for Greek and Roman culture in Jesus Galilee.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780521091442
• ISBN-10: 0521091446
• Artikelnr.: 25586683

Autorenporträt

Mark Chancey is Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University, Dallas. He is author of The Myth of a Gentile Galilee (Cambridge, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Galilee's early encounter with Hellenism
2. The Roman army in Palestine
3. The introduction of Greco-Roman architecture
4. The transformation of the landscape in the second and third centuries CE
5. The use of Greek in Jesus' Galilee
6. The coinage of Galilee
7. Greco-Roman art and the shifting limits of acceptability
Conclusion.

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Introduction; 1. Galilee's early encounter with Hellenism; 2. The Roman army in Palestine; 3. The introduction of Greco-Roman architecture; 4. The transformation of the landscape in the second and third centuries CE; 5. The use of Greek in Jesus' Galilee; 6. The coinage of Galilee; 7. Greco-Roman art and the shifting limits of acceptability; Conclusion.

Rezensionen

'One of the real strengths of Chancey's approach, much in evidence in this volume ... is his command of both the literary and the archaeological evidence.' Theology