Religion and society in Roman Palestine old questions, new approaches /

• Other Authors: Edwards, Douglas R.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Routledge, 2004.
• Subjects: Jews > History > 168 B.C.-135 A.D.; Jews > Palestine > Social conditions.; Qumran community.; Galilee > Civilization.; Palestine > Social conditions.; Palestine > Antiquities.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Constructing the world of Roman Palestine / Douglas R. Edwards
• First century Jewish Galilee / Mordechai Aviam
• Jewish settlement in the southeastern Hula Valley in the first century C.E. / Idan Shaked, Dina Avshalom-Gorni
• The Galilean response to earliest Christianity / Milton Moreland
• Language and writing in early Roman Galilee / Esther Eshel, Douglas R. Edwards
• Dionysos and Herakles in Galilee / Sean Freyne
• The first-century synagogue / Lee Levine
• City coins and Roman power in Palestine / Mark Chancey
• Imagined households / Cynthia Baker
• Gender, difference and everyday life / Miriam Peskowitz
• Why scroll jars? / Jodi Magness
• Qumran and the Dead Sea scrolls / Magen Broshi, Hanan Eshel
• Opening up our view / Jurgen Zangenberg.