Religion, ethnicity, and identity in ancient Galilee : a region in transition
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Religion, ethnicity, and identity in ancient Galilee : a region in transition
（Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament, 210）
Mohr Siebeck, c2007
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"This book contains papers that originated in the context of the research project 'Religion, ethnicity and identity in ancient Galilee' ... between 2002 and 2006"--P. [xi]
Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-498) and indexes
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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.
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