The Final Days of Jesus: The Archaeological Evidence

by Gibson, Shimon

• ISBN13: 9780061458491
• ISBN10: 006145849X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-09
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

A world-renowned scholar reveals how archaeology has a major role to play not only in how the gospels should be read and understood, but also in understanding Jesus in his world.

Author Biography

Shimon Gibson is a senior associate fellow at the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem and an adjunct professor of archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. During the past thirty years he has conducted numerous excavations and field surveys in different parts of Israel. He was the head of the research and scientific reports department of the Israel Antiquities Authority from 1995 to 1999.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
The Road to Jerusalem	p. 1
Raising a Dead Man	p. 17
Festivities at the House of God	p. 37
Signs and Wonders at Bethesda and Siloam	p. 59
The Heavy Hand of the Law: A Trial	p. 81
The Split in the Tree: A Crucifixion	p. 107
The Burial of Jesus	p. 127
Who Moved the Stone?	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 167
Excursus The Talpiot Tomb and the “James” Ossuary	p. 175
Notes189
Acknowledgments	p. 205
Bibliography	p. 207
List of Illustrations	p. 235
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings	p. 239
Index	p. 245
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