Jesus and Archaeology
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Jesus and Archaeology

edited by

James H. Charlesworth

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.

© 2006 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

All rights reserved

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jesus and archaeology / edited by James H. Charlesworth.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 978-0-8028-4880-2 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Bible. N.T. — Antiquities. 2. Jesus Christ.

I. Charlesworth, James H.

BS621.J47 2006

225.9′3 — dc22

2006006712

www.eerdmans.com

Dedicated to and in Honor of

Thomas and Ann Cousins

Contents

abbreviations

contributors

preface

James H. Charlesworth

introduction: What Is Biblical Archaeology?

Avraham Biran

Studies in Archaeology

Jesus Research and Archaeology: A New Perspective

James H. Charlesworth

Archaeology and the Historical Jesus

Sean Freyne

Recovering Jesus’ Mamzerut

Bruce Chilton

Did Antipas Build the Sepphoris Theater?

Richard A. Batey

Khirbet Qana (and Other Villages) as a Context for Jesus

Peter Richardson

Bethsaida

Rami Arav

Mount Tabor

Frédéric Manns

Jesus the Exorcist in Light of Epigraphic Sources

Esther Eshel

Reflections on Jesus’ Eschatology in Light of Qumran

Henry W. M. Rietz

Did Jesus Attend the Synagogue?

James D. G. Dunn

Synagogues and Spirituality: The Case of Beth Alfa

Benedict Thomas Viviano, O.P.

The Theodotos Synagogue Inscription and the Problem of First-Century Synagogue Buildings

John S. Kloppenborg

Jesus and the Theater in Jerusalem

Achim Lichtenberger

Jesus and the Herodian Temple Mount

Dan Bahat

Mount Zion, Jesus, and Archaeology

Bargil Pixner, O.S.B.

Excavating Caiaphas, Pilate, and Simon of Cyrene: Assessing the Literary and Archaeological Evidence

Craig A. Evans

“Stone House,” Birah, and Antonia during the Time of Jesus

Daniel R. Schwartz

Miracles, Maleficium, and Maiestas in the Trial of Jesus

John W. Welch

Ramat Hanadiv and Ein Gedi: Property versus Poverty in Judea before 70

Yizhar Hirschfeld

Between Jerusalem and the Galilee: Samaria in the Time of Jesus

Jürgen Zangenberg

The Sanctuaries of the Baptism on the East Bank of the Jordan River

Michele Piccirillo, O.F.M.

The Cemeteries of Qumran and Celibacy: Confusion Laid to Rest?

Joseph E. Zias

Essene Community Houses and Jesus’ Early Community

Brian J. Capper

Judas and Jesus: A Message on a Drinking Vessel of the Second Temple Period

William Klassen

Archaeology and Theology

Archaeology and John’s Gospel

Urban C. von Wahlde

Aspects of Historicity in the Gospel of John: Implications for Investigations of Jesus and Archaeology

Paul N. Anderson

Bultmann, Archaeology, and the Historical Jesus

John Painter

Jesus and Resurrection Faith in Light of Jewish Texts

Emile Puech

Archaeology and Early Christology

John Reumann

The Christian Apocrypha and Archaeology

J. K. Elliott

conclusion: The Historical Jesus and Biblical Archaeology: Reflections on New Methodologies ...

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About Jesus and Archaeology

Archaeology still has many things to reveal about the life and world of Jesus of Nazareth. To touch a two-thousand-year-old pot held by a Jew who lived in a small village frequented by Jesus can bring us closer to understanding those who were touched by Jesus.

Jesus and Archaeology contains the revised and edited lectures that leading archaeologists and biblical scholars presented at a gathering in Jerusalem to celebrate the new millennium. Many contributors came directly from their excavations in places like Bethsaida, Capernaum, Nazareth, and Jerusalem to share their discoveries and insights, focusing on the question In what ways do new archaeological discoveries clarify the world, life, and thought of Jesus from Nazareth? Readers of Jesus and Archaeology will gain many new insights into the life and times of this fascinating Galilean Jew.

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