Galilee and Gospel

Seán Freyne offers new insights into the understanding of the historical Jesus and his ministry in the context of the social setting of Galilee.

This collection of essays brings together a numbr of studies of Galilee in Hellenistic and Roman times. Prof. Freyne of Trinity College, Dublin, 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. Several individual studies demonstrate how familiar gospel texts can be illuminated in new ways when read from the perspective of the reconstructed social world of Galilee.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 125

Mohr Siebeck Verlag, cloth, ISBN 3-16-147198-9

350 pages, DM 178