Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus (2005 Chancey), book

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Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus (2005) is a book by Mark A. Chancey.

Abstract

"Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus, the first book-length investigation of this topic, challenges the conventional scholarly view that first-century Galilee was thoroughly Hellenized. 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 Hellenization should thus be understood within the context of its Romanization. Any attempt to understand the Galilean setting of Jesus must recognize the significance of the region's historical development as well as how Galilee fits into the larger context of the Roman East. ¿ Challenges the conventional wisdom in New Testament scholarship about the extent and nature of Hellenistic culture in Galilee ¿ The most thorough reference work available on the Greek and Roman archaeological evidence from Jesus's Galilee ¿ Demonstrates the importance of understanding first-century Galilee within its larger regional and historical context."--Publisher description.

Editions and translations

Published in Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 2005 (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series, 134).

Contents

  • Galilee's early encounter with Hellenism
  • Roman army in Palestine
  • Introduction of Greco-Roman architecture
  • Transformation of the landscape in the second and third centuries CE
  • Use of Greek in Jesus' Galilee
  • Coinage of Galilee
  • Greco-Roman art and the shifting limits of acceptability

External links

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