519 records matched your query       

Author:

Evans, Craig A., author.

Title:

Jesus and the remains of his day : studies in Jesus and the evidence of material culture / Craig A. Evans.

Publisher:

Hendrickson Publishers MarketingLLC,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xxv, 302 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Bible.--Gospels--Antiquities.
Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A tale of two cities: what we have learned from Bethsaida and Magdala -- A boat, a house, and an ossuary: what can we learn from the artifacts? -- Excavating Caiaphas, Pilate, and Simon of Cyrene: assessing the literary and archaeological evidence -- Have you never read?: Jesus and literacy -- Shout at the devil: Jesus and Psalm 91 in the light of early Jewish interpretation -- Hang him on a tree until dead: hanging and crucifixion in second temple Israel -- The family buried together stays together: on the burial of the executed in family tombs -- Death becomes him: on the execution and burial of Jesus -- Keeping up appearances: the Talpiot tomb fa©ʹade in context -- The talking dead: postmortem beliefs in pagan, Jewish, and Christian epitaphs.

ISBN:

1619707055
9781619707054

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907189971

LCCN:

2015031660

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)