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Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition

Jürgen Zangenberg

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What is a Galilean? What were the criteria of defining a person as a Galilean - archaeologically or with respect to literary sources such as Josephus or the rabbis? What role did religion play in the process of identity formation? Twenty-two articles based on papers read at conferences at Cambridge, Wuppertal and Yale by experts from 7 countries shed light on a complex region, the pivotal geographic and cultural context of both earliest Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. In these papers, ancient Galilee emerges as a dynamic region of continuous change, in which religion, 'ethnicity', and 'identity' were not static monoliths but had to be negotiated in the context of a multiform environment subject to different influences.

Language: English

Pages: 509

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Release: December 31, 2007

ISBN: 3161490444

ISBN 13: 9783161490446

Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition

Jürgen Zangenberg

3/5 ( ratings)

What is a Galilean? What were the criteria of defining a person as a Galilean - archaeologically or with respect to literary sources such as Josephus or the rabbis? What role did religion play in the process of identity formation? Twenty-two articles based on papers read at conferences at Cambridge, Wuppertal and Yale by experts from 7 countries shed light on a complex region, the pivotal geographic and cultural context of both earliest Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. In these papers, ancient Galilee emerges as a dynamic region of continuous change, in which religion, 'ethnicity', and 'identity' were not static monoliths but had to be negotiated in the context of a multiform environment subject to different influences.

Language: English

Pages: 509

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Release: December 31, 2007

ISBN: 3161490444

ISBN 13: 9783161490446

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