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Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, Volume 1: Life, Culture, and Society is unavailable, but you can change that!

Place Jesus’ ministry in context with these in-depth studies of ancient Galilee. Drawing on the expertise of archaeologists, historians, biblical scholars, and social scientists who have devoted a significant amount of time and energy to the research of Jesus’ home town, this accessible volume includes modern studies of Galilee and its history. Contributors dig into issues of taxation, ethnicity,...

These changes, taken together, make it clear that postwar Galilee was quite different from prewar Galilee and emerged as the new “spiritual center of Judaism”82 at the same time as it experienced far more intense urbanization and romanization processes. We began our investigation by asking how important our understanding of the history of Galilee has been and is for our understanding of the historical Jesus. It is time to conclude by outlining five major trends of the Galilean history
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