Alex J. Ramos (PhD in Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania) is production editor at Penn State University Press.

• Introduction1 Institutions of Administration and Taxation in Early Roman Palestine2 Movement and Trade in Galilee’s Regional Economic Network3 Mosaic Laws and Cultivating Piety in an Agrarian Economy4 The Temple, Pilgrimage, and Household Economic Resource ManagementConclusion

Both Judaism and Christianity have their roots in the Galilee of the Roman period, a society where religious life and economics were deeply intertwined in ways specific to that time and place. Torah, Temple and Transaction breaks new ground by probing the interconnections between piety and economics in Roman-era Galilee—how economic realities shaped religious practice, and how religion drove economic practice in turn. Recent study of the economic dimensions of Jesus' world has been shaped by economic models developed in the 1970s and 80s. Informed by a sophisticated grasp of ancient economics, Ramos' study represents a true step forward, proposing a new paradigm and mustering an impressive combination of literary and archaeological evidence in support of its approach.

Alex J. Ramos (PhD in Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania) is production editor at Penn State University Press.

• Introduction1 Institutions of Administration and Taxation in Early Roman Palestine2 Movement and Trade in Galilee’s Regional Economic Network3 Mosaic Laws and Cultivating Piety in an Agrarian Economy4 The Temple, Pilgrimage, and Household Economic Resource ManagementConclusion

Both Judaism and Christianity have their roots in the Galilee of the Roman period, a society where religious life and economics were deeply intertwined in ways specific to that time and place. Torah, Temple and Transaction breaks new ground by probing the interconnections between piety and economics in Roman-era Galilee—how economic realities shaped religious practice, and how religion drove economic practice in turn. Recent study of the economic dimensions of Jesus' world has been shaped by economic models developed in the 1970s and 80s. Informed by a sophisticated grasp of ancient economics, Ramos' study represents a true step forward, proposing a new paradigm and mustering an impressive combination of literary and archaeological evidence in support of its approach.

Alex J. Ramos (PhD in Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania) is production editor at Penn State University Press.

• Introduction1 Institutions of Administration and Taxation in Early Roman Palestine2 Movement and Trade in Galilee’s Regional Economic Network3 Mosaic Laws and Cultivating Piety in an Agrarian Economy4 The Temple, Pilgrimage, and Household Economic Resource ManagementConclusion

Both Judaism and Christianity have their roots in the Galilee of the Roman period, a society where religious life and economics were deeply intertwined in ways specific to that time and place. Torah, Temple and Transaction breaks new ground by probing the interconnections between piety and economics in Roman-era Galilee—how economic realities shaped religious practice, and how religion drove economic practice in turn. Recent study of the economic dimensions of Jesus' world has been shaped by economic models developed in the 1970s and 80s. Informed by a sophisticated grasp of ancient economics, Ramos' study represents a true step forward, proposing a new paradigm and mustering an impressive combination of literary and archaeological evidence in support of its approach.