Galilee as laboratory: experiments for New Testament historians and theologians
This paper discusses ways in which NT scholarship can engage meaningfully with contemporary studies in Greco-Roman culture, using recent archaeological exploration in Galilee as samples of such a strategy. Three examples are discussed, dealing respectively with aspects of Hellenisation, Judaisation...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2007
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New Testament studies
Year: 2007, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-164 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Galilee
/ Early Judaism
/ Hellenization
/ Biblical archaeology
/ New Testament
B Biblical geography / History 37 BC-70 B Culture / Roman Empire / Hellenism |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament HD Early Judaism HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Archaeology
B Galilee B Hellenism |
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| Summary: | This paper discusses ways in which NT scholarship can engage meaningfully with contemporary studies in Greco-Roman culture, using recent archaeological exploration in Galilee as samples of such a strategy. Three examples are discussed, dealing respectively with aspects of Hellenisation, Judaisation and Romanisation of the region. These illustrate how specific finds can be brought into dialogue with the literary evidence, providing fresh readings. Such approaches, which recall earlier debates between the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule and the Biblical Theology Movement, raise the issue of how NT scholarship can still be regarded as theological in its aims and objectives. Some tentative answers to this perennial question are offered by way of conclusion. |
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| ISSN: | 0028-6885 |
| Contains: | In: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688507000094 |