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Author Chancey, Mark A.

Title The myth of a Gentile Galilee / Mark A. Chancey.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 229 pages) : maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 118
Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 118.
Note Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Duke University, 1999.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-218) and indexes.
Contents Cover; Hafl-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON DATING; INTRODUCTION; 1 IMAGES OF GALILEE'S POPULATION IN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP; 2 THE POLITICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF GALILEE; 3 GALILEAN COMMUNITIES IN THE LATE HELLENISTIC AND EARLY ROMAN PERIODS; 4 GALILEE AND THE CIRCLE OF NATIONS; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PASSAGES; SELECTIVE INDEX OF PLACES; SELECTIVE INDEX OF PEOPLE AND TOPICS.
Summary This investigation of Galilee during the time of Jesus demonstrates that, contrary to the perceptions of many scholars, the overwhelming majority of Galilee's population were Jews. It is the only book-length treatment of this subject and is the fullest synthesis available of archaeological and literary evidence for first-century CE Galilee.
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Subject Jews -- History -- 586 B.C.-70 A.D.
Judaism -- History -- Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.
Galilee (Israel) -- History.
Galilee (Israel) -- Antiquities.
Chronological Term 586 B.C.-210 A.D
Indexed Term Humaniora Historie.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Chancey, Mark A. Myth of a Gentile Galilee. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2001052871
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