Greco-Roman Culture and the Galilee of Jesus [Digitally printed version]

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English Pages 285 Year 2008;2005

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Mark Alan

Table of contents :
Introduction
1. Galilee's early encounter with Hellenism
2. The Roman army in Palestine
3. The introduction of Greco-Roman architecture
4. The transformation of the landscape in the second and third centuries CE
5. The use of Greek in Jesus' Galilee
6. The coinage of Galilee
7. Greco-Roman art and the shifting limits of acceptability
Conclusion.

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