Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee
A Region in Transition
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.
| ISBN: | 9783161490446 |
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| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 524 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Herausgeber: | Attridge, Harold W. Martin, Dale B. Zangenberg, Jürgen K. |
| Verlag: | Mohr Siebeck |
| Veröffentlicht: | 01.07.2007 |
| Untertitel: | A Region in Transition |
| Schlagworte: | Altes Griechenland Altes Rom Altes oder Biblisches Israel Antike Antikes Galiläa Bibelgriechisch, Koine Geschichte der Religion Identitätskonzepte Judentum Literaturwissenschaft: Antike und Mittelalter Religionsgeschichte Theologie |
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