Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of JesusCambridge University Press, 15 בדצמ׳ 2005 Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus, a book-length investigation of this topic, challenges the conventional scholarly view that first-century Galilee was thoroughly Hellenised. Examining architecture, inscriptions, coins and art from Alexander the Great's conquest until the early fourth century CE, Chancey argues that the extent of Greco-Roman culture in the time of Jesus has often been greatly exaggerated. Antipas's reign in the early first century was indeed a time of transition, but the more dramatic shifts in Galilee's cultural climate happened in the second century, after the arrival of a large Roman garrison. Much of Galilee's Hellenisation should thus be understood within the context of its Romanisation. Any attempt to understand the Galilean setting of Jesus must recognise the significance of the region's historical development as well as how Galilee fits into the larger context of the Roman East. |
תוכן
Introduction | 1 |
Galilees early encounter with Hellenism | 24 |
Conclusion | 42 |
The introduction of GrecoRoman architecture | 71 |
24 | 110 |
The use of Greek in Jesus Galilee | 122 |
26 | 128 |
73 | 155 |
82 | 174 |
100 | 183 |
GrecoRoman art and the shifting limits of acceptability | 193 |
Conclusion | 221 |
Galilean names in the first century CE | 230 |
| 236 | |
Index of passages | 275 |
| 284 | |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Agrippa Agrippa II Ancient Antipas Antipas's Aramaic Arav Archaeology architecture Atiqot bathhouse Beth She'arim Beth Yerah Bethsaida building burial Byzantine Caesarea Maritima Capernaum Chancey cities City-Coins civic client kings coinage coins decorated deities denarius depicted discussion early elites emperor Empire epigraphic habit evidence example Excavations first-century Galilee fourth century Gadara Galilean Galilee's Gamla Gerasa Gospels Greco-Roman Greek Greek inscriptions Gush Halav Hammath Hammath Tiberias Hasmonean Hebrew Hengel Herod Herodian Hezser Ilan images imperial Isaac Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jews Josephus Judea Kedesh Khirbet language Levine map coordinates Meiron Meshorer Meyers minted Mordechai Aviam mosaic Nabatean NEAEHL Netzer numismatic Ossuaries pagan Palestine Palestinian probably Ptolemais rabbinic references reflect region revolt Roman Army Roman culture Roman period Rome Scythopolis second century Seleucid Semitic Sepphoris Sepphoris and Tiberias statues suggests symbols synagogue Syria temple theater third century Tiberias Treasury Tyrian University Press Weiss