Galilee and Gospel

This collection of essays brings together a number of studies of Galilee in Hellenistic and Roman times. Sean Freyne evaluates the important archaeological work in the Galilee and brings this evidence into a critical dialogue with the literary evidence. The emerging profile of the social and religious world of Galilee has proved highly influential in discussions about the historical Jesus, especially in relation to the matrix of Early Christianity. Several individual studies demonstrate how the reconstructed social world, viewed as text, offers the possibility of new readings of familiar gospel texts.

Born 1935; 1960-65 studied Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute at Rome and Jerusalem; 1965-72 Professor for New Testament in Maymooth/Ireland; 1972-98 several times Alexander von Humboldt scholar at the University of Tübingen; 1976-80 Professor in New Orleans/USA; since 1981 Professor of Theology at Trinity College, Dublin/Ireland; since 1998 Director of the Herzog Centre for Jewish and Near Eastern Studies, Trinity College.

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Born 1935; 1960-65 studied Biblical Studies at the Pontifical Biblical Institute at Rome and Jerusalem; 1965-72 Professor for New Testament in Maymooth/Ireland; 1972-98 several times Alexander von Humboldt scholar at the University of Tübingen; 1976-80 Professor in New Orleans/USA; since 1981 Professor of Theology at Trinity College, Dublin/Ireland; since 1998 Director of the Herzog Centre for Jewish and Near Eastern Studies, Trinity College.