A wandering Galilean : essays in honour of Seán Freyne /

Starting his career as a scholar of the New Testament, Seán Freyne's work became synonymous with the study of Galilee in the Greek and Roman periods. His search for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Judaism in the Greek and Roman periods and the development of the early Christian movem...

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Other Authors: Freyne, Seán, Rodgers, Zuleika, Daly-Denton, Margaret, Fitzpatrick-McKinley, Anne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism ; v. 132.
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Table of Contents:
  • What happened to the Jewish priesthood after 70? / Philip S. Alexander
  • Some "mass produced" scorpion-amulets from the Cairo Genizah / Gideon Bohak
  • Josephus on the Essenes : the sources of his information / John J. Collins
  • Judean ethnic identity in Josephus' Against Apion / Philip F. Esler
  • What did Nehemiah do for Judaism? / Anne Fitzpatrick-McKinley
  • Ben-Hur and ancient Jewish slavery / Catherine Hezser
  • Corruption among the high priesthood : a matter of perspective / James S. McLaren
  • The integrity of the Rabbinic law of purity (Mishnah Teharot) / Jacob Neusner
  • Monarchy vs. priesthood : Josephus, Justus of Tiberias, and Agrippa II / Zuleika Rodgers
  • Early printed maps of Galilee / John R. Bartlett
  • Archaeology, ethnicity, and first-century C.E. Galilee : the limits of evidence / Mark A. Chancey
  • Walking the Roman landscape in lower Galilee : Sepphoris, Jotapata, and Khirbet Qana / Douglas R. Edwards
  • George Adam Smith and the moral geography of Galilee / Halvor Moxnes
  • Early and late synagogues at Nabratein in Upper Galilee : regional and other considerations / Eric M. Meyers
  • Between Rome and Parthia : Galilee and the implications of empire / J. Andrew Overman
  • Who wouldn't marry Jesus? / Marianne Sawicki
  • Stratum II synagogue at Hammath Tiberias : reconsidering its access, internal space, and architecture / Zeev Weiss
  • Drinking the water that Jesus gives : a feature of the Johannine Eucharist? / Margaret Daly-Denton
  • Imitatio Christi : copying the death of the founder and gaining paradise / Majella Franzmann
  • Tertullianus & son? / Jill Harries
  • The language(s) of the kingdom : from Aramaic to Greek, Galilee to Syria, oral to oral-written / Richard A. Horsley
  • The women, the tomb, and the climax of Mark / Larry W. Hurtado
  • Unsocial bandits / John S. Kloppenborg
  • Another post-resurrection meal and its implications for the early understanding of the Eucharist / Thomas O'Loughlin
  • Reading Jesus' parables in light of his crucifixion / V. George Shillington
  • Bread that is broken--and unbroken / Justin Taylor
  • Composition and performance in Mark 13 / Adela Yarbro Collins
  • A conflict between brothers : observations on the [hypokritai] in Matthew / Jürgen Zangenberg.