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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      15 December 2005
      ISBN:
      9780511487910
      9780521846479
      9780521091442
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511487910
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.539kg, 304 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.39kg, 304 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
      Series:
      Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (134)
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Biblical Studies - New Testament, Classical Literature, Religion
    Series:
    Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series (134)
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    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.

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    'One of the real strengths of Chancey's approach, much in evidence in this volume … is his command of both the literary and the archaeological evidence.'

    Source: Theology

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