Jesus And Archaeology

by Charlesworth, James H.

• ISBN13: 9780802848802
• ISBN10: 080284880X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Although scholars have for centuries studied the historical Jesus -- since Reimarus in the late 1700s -- only recently has this discipline been challenged and even enriched by archaeological research. This book specifically asks and answers these questions: What does archaeology tell us about the life of Jesus? How and in what ways do archaeological discoveries help us reconstruct and understand the life and teachings of Jesus, son of Joseph?It is an interesting topic, and the thirty-one contributors to this volume, after the customary overviews, definitions, discussions of methodology, etc., jump right into explorations of the specific place-names cited in the four Gospels, more general places like synagogues and houses, as well as concepts and ideas that may have been afoot during the first century C.E., like resurrection, eschatology, and exorcism.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	xi
Contributors	xx
Preface	xxii
James H. Charlesworth
Introduction: What Is Biblical Archaeology?	1	(10)
Avraham Biran
Studies in Archaeology
Jesus Research and Archaeology: A New Perspective	11	(53)
James H. Charlesworth
Archaeology and the Historical Jesus	64	(20)
Sean Freyne
Recovering Jesus' Mamzerut	84	(27)
Bruce Chilton
Did Antipas Build the Sepphoris Theater?	111	(9)
Richard A. Batey
Khirbet Qana (and Other Villages) as a Context for Jesus	120	(25)
Peter Richardson
Bethsaida	145	(22)
Rami Arav
Mount Tabor	167	(11)
Frederic Manns
Jesus the Exorcist in Light of Epigraphic Sources	178	(8)
Esther Eshel
Reflections on Jesus' Eschatology in Light of Qumran	186	(20)
Henry W. M. Rietz
Did Jesus Attend the Synagogue?	206	(17)
James D. G. Dunn
Synagogues and Spirituality: The Case of Beth Alfa	223	(13)
Benedict Thomas Viviano
The Theodotos Synagogue Inscription and the Problem of First-Century Synagogue Buildings	236	(47)
John S. Kloppenborg
Jesus and the Theater in Jerusalem	283	(17)
Achim Lichtenberger
Jesus and the Herodian Temple Mount	300	(9)
Dan Bahat
Mount Zion, Jesus, and Archaeology	309	(14)
Bargil Pixner
Excavating Caiaphas, Pilate, and Simon of Cyrene: Assessing the Literary and Archaeological Evidence	323	(18)
Craig A. Evans
``Stone House,'' Birah, and Antonia during the Time of Jesus	341	(8)
Daniel R. Schwartz
Miracles, Maleficium, and Maiestas in the Trial of Jesus	349	(35)
John W. Welch
Ramat Hanadiv and Ein Gedi: Property versus Poverty in Judea before 70	384	(9)
Yizhar Hirschfeld
Between Jerusalem and the Galilee: Samaria in the Time of Jesus	393	(40)
Jurgen Zangenberg
The Sanctuaries of the Baptism on the East Bank of the Jordan River	433	(11)
Michele Piccirillo
The Cemeteries of Qumran and Celibacy: Confusion Laid to Rest?	444	(28)
Joseph E. Zias
Essene Community Houses and Jesus' Early Community	472	(31)
Brian J. Capper
Judas and Jesus: A Message on a Drinking Vessel of the Second Temple Period	503	(20)
William Klassen
Archaeology and Theology
Archaeology and John's Gospel	523	(64)
Urban C. von Wahlde
Aspects of Historicity in the Gospel of John: Implications for Investigations of Jesus and Archaeology	587	(32)
Paul N. Anderson
Bultmann, Archaeology, and the Historical Jesus	619	(20)
John Painter
Jesus and Resurrection Faith in Light of Jewish Texts	639	(21)
Emile Puech
Archaeology and Early Christology	660	(23)
John Reumann
The Christian Apocrypha and Archaeology	683	(9)
J. K. Elliott
Conclusion: The Historical Jesus and Biblical Archaeology: Reflections on New Methodologies and Perspectives	692	(4)
James H. Charlesworth
Glossary	696	(6)
Jacob Cherian
Selected Bibliography	702	(5)
Jonathan E. Soyars
Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts	707	(23)
Geographical Index	730