| Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition Contributor(s): Zangenberg, Jurgen K. (Editor), Attridge, Harold W. (Editor), Martin, Dale B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3161490444 ISBN-13: 9783161490446 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $183.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament - Religion | Judaism - History |
| LCCN: 2007476048 |
| Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen Zum Neuen Testament |
| Physical Information: 509 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What is a Galilean? What were the criteria of defining a person as a Galilean - archaeologically or with respect to literary sources such as Josephus or the rabbis? What role did religion play in the process of identity formation? Twenty-two articles based on papers read at conferences at Cambridge, Wuppertal and Yale by experts from 7 countries shed light on a complex region, the pivotal geographic and cultural context of both earliest Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. In these papers, ancient Galilee emerges as a dynamic region of continuous change, in which religion, 'ethnicity', and 'identity' were not static monoliths but had to be negotiated in the context of a multiform environment subject to different influences. |