Jesus and Archaeology (2006 Charlesworth), edited volume

Jesus and Archaeology (2006) is a book by James H. Charlesworth.

Abstract

"Archaeology still has many things to reveal about the life and world of Jesus of Nazareth. To touch a two-thousand-year-old pot held by a Jew who lived in a small village frequented by Jesus can bring us closer to understanding those who were touched by Jesus. Jesus and Archaeology contains the revised and edited lectures that leading archaeologists and biblical scholars presented at a gathering in Jerusalem to celebrate the new millennium. Many contributors came directly from their excavations in places like Bethsaida, Capernaum, Nazareth, and Jerusalem to share their discoveries and insights, focusing on the question In what ways do new archaeological discoveries clarify the world, life, and thought of Jesus from Nazareth? Readers of Jesus and Archaeology will gain many new insights into the life and times of this fascinating Galilean Jew."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2006.

Table of contents

• Preface / James H. Charlesworth

• Introduction: what is biblical archaeology? / Avraham Biran

Studies in archaeology.

• Jesus research and archaeology: a new perspective / James H. Charlesworth

• Archaeology and the historical Jesus / Sean Freyne

• Recovering Jesus' mamzerut / Bruce Chilton

• Did Antipas build the Sepphoris theater? / Richard A. Batey

• Khirbet Qana (and other villages) as a context for Jesus / Peter Richardson

• Bethsaida / Rami Arav

• Mount Tabor / Frédéric Manns

• Jesus the exorcist in light of epigraphic sources / Esther Eshel

• Reflections on Jesus' eschatology in light of Qumran / Henry W.M. Rietz

• Did Jesus attend the synagogue? / James D.G. Dunn

• Synagogues and spirituality : the case of Beth Alfa / Benedict T. Viviano

• The Theodotos synagogue inscription and the problem of first-century synagogue buildings / John S. Kloppenborg

• Jesus and the theater in Jerusalem / Achim Lichtenberger

• Jesus and the Herodian Temple Mount / Dan Bahat

• Mount Zion, Jesus, and archaeology / Bargil Pixner

• Excavating Caiaphas, Pilate, and Simon of Cyrene : assessing the literary and archaeological evidence / Craig A. Evans

• "Stone house," birah, and Antonia during the time of Jesus / Daniel R. Schwartz

• Miracles, maleficium, and maiestas in the trial of Jesus / John W. Welch

• Ramat Hanadiv and Ein Gedi: property versus poverty in Judea before 70 / Yizhar Hirschfeld

• Between Jerusalem and the Galilee: Samaria in the time of Jesus / Jürgen Zangenberg

• The sanctuaries of the baptism on the east bank of the Jordan River / Michele Piccirillo

• The cemeteries of Qumran and celibacy : confusion laid to rest? / Joseph E. Zias

• Essene community houses and Jesus' early community / Brian J. Capper

• Judas and Jesus : a message on a drinking vessel of the Second Temple period / William Klassen

• Archaeology and theology.; Archaeology and John's Gospel / Urban C. von Wahlde

• Aspects of historicity in the Gospel of John: implications for investigations of Jesus and archaeology / Paul N. Anderson

• Bultmann, archaeology, and the historical Jesus / John Painter

• Jesus and resurrection faith in light of Jewish texts / Emile Puech

• Archaeology and early Christology / John Reumann

• The Christian apocrypha and archaeology / J.K. Elliott

• Conclusion : the historical Jesus and biblical archaeology : reflections on new methodologies and perspectives / James H. Charlesworth

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