Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee

Jürgen K. Zangenberg (Herausgegeben von) Studium der evangelischen Theologie in Erlangen, Heidelberg und Edinburgh; Promotion zum Dr. theol. 1996 an der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; 2003 Habilitation an der Kirchlichen Hochschule und der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal; seit 2006 Professor für Neues Testament und Frühchristliche Literatur sowie seit 2008 auch an der Fakultät für Archäologie der Universität Leiden/Niederlande.Harold W. Attridge (Herausgegeben von) Born 1946; 1967 A.B. Boston College; 1969 B.A. Cambridge University; 1975 PhD Harvard University; currently Sterling Professor of Divinity, Yale Divinity School.

• Content:Jürgen Zangenberg: A Region in Transition. Introducing Religion, Ethnicity, and Identity in Ancient GalileeI. The State of Affairs in Galilean StudiesSean Freyne: Galilean Studies. Old Issues and New QuestionsII. "What is a Galilean"? Modes of Defining Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Textual and Archaeological SourcesMartin Karrer: Licht über dem Galiläa der Völker. Die Fortschreibung von Jes 9:1-2 in der LXX - Timothy Luckritz Marquis: Re-Presenting Galilean Identity. Josephus' Use of 1 Maccabees 10:25-45 and the Term Ioudaios - Silvia Cappelletti: Non-Jewish Authors on Galilee - Mark A. Chancey: The Epigraphic Habit of Hellenistic and Roman Galilee - Michael Peppard: Personal Names and Ethnic Hybridity in Late Ancient Galilee. The Data From Beth She'arim - Mordechai Aviam: Distribution Maps of Archaeological Data from the Galilee. An Attempt to Establish Zones Indicative of Ethnicity and Religious Affiliation - Milton Moreland: The Inhabitants of Galilee in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods. Probes into the Archaeological and Literary EvidenceIII. Identity at Ground Level: New Evidence from Sites and Regions of GalileeWolfgang Zwickel: The Huleh Valley from the Iron Age to the Muslim Period. A Study in Settlement History - Carl Savage: Supporting Evidence for a First-Century Bethsaida - Yizhar Hirschfeld and Katharina Galor: New Excavations in Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic Tiberias - Anders Runesson: Architecture, Conflict, and Identity Formation. Jews and Christians in Capernaum From the 1st to the 6th Century - Jodi Magness: Did Galilee Decline in the Fifth Century? The Synagogue at Chorazin ReconsideredIV. "A Region of Many Identities". Cultural Interaction and Social Relations in and with Ancient GalileeMorten Hørning Jensen: Message and Minting. The Coins of Herod Antipas and Their Second Temple Context as a Source for Understanding the Religio-Political and Socio-Economical Dynamics of Early First Century Galilee - Marcus Sigismund: Small Change? Coins and Weights as a Mirror of Ethnic, Religious and Political Identity in 1st /2nd Century C.E. Tiberias - Monika Bernett: Roman Imperial Cult in the Galilee. Structures, Functions, and Dynamics - Douglas R. Edwards: Identity and Social Location in Roman Galilean Villages - Stuart S. Miller: Priests, Purities, and the Jews of the Galilee - Joshua Ezra Burns: The Archaeology of Rabbinic Literature and the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations in Late Antiquity. A Methodological Evaluation - Mira Waner: Music Culture in Ancient Sepphoris - Thomas M. Weber: Gadara and the Galilee