DS110.G2G37

Introduction to Galilee: volumes 1 and 2. Galilee and the historical Jesus in recent research. History. The political history in Galilee from the first century BCE to the end of the second century CE -- Religious practices and religious movements in Galilee : 100 BCE-200 CE -- The ethnicities of Galileans -- The synagogues of Galilee -- Notable Galilean persons -- Social movements in Galilee. Village life. The Galilean village in the late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods -- Household Judaism -- The Galilean house in the late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods -- Morality, morbidity, and economics in Jesus’ Galilee -- Education/literacy in Jewish Galilee : was there any and at what level?. Economics. The Galilean road system -- Urbanization and industry in Mishnaic Galilee -- Never the two shall meet? Urban-rural interaction in lower Galilee -- Inner village life in Galilee : a diverse and complex phenomenon -- Debate : was the Galilean economy oppressive or prosperous. A. Late Second Temple Galilee : socio-archaeology and dimensions of exploitation in first-century Palestine . B. Late Second Temple Galilee : a picture of relative economic health. Taxation and other sources of government income in the Galilee of Harod and Antipas

Provides general surveys of modern studies of Galilee and of Galilean history followed by specialized studies on taxation, ethnicity, religious practices, road system, trade and markets, education, health, village life, houses, and the urban-rural divide.