Greco-Roman culture and the Galilee of Jesus /

Chancey, Mark A.

Greco-Roman culture and the Galilee of Jesus / Mark A. Chancey. - Cambridge, UK : New York : Cambridge University Press, c2005. - xvii, 285 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 134. . - Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 134. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-274) and indexes.

Galilee's early encounter with Hellenism -- Roman army in Palestine -- Introduction of Greco-Roman architecture -- Transformation of the landscape in the second and third centuries CE -- Use of Greek in Jesus' Galilee -- Coinage of Galilee -- Greco-Roman art and the shifting limits of acceptability.

0521846471 (hbk.) 9780521846479 (hbk.)

9780521846479 (hbk.)

2006295743

GBA582241 bnb

013301668 Uk


Civilization, Greco-Roman.

DE72 / .C47 2005

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