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Book Philip s City

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fred Strickert
  • Publisher : Liturgical Press
  • Release : 2011-02-01
  • ISBN : 0814680089
  • Pages : 367 pages

Download or read book Philip s City written by Fred Strickert and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this major revision of his prize-winning 1998 book, Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles, Fred Strickert presents nonspecialist readers with the latest findings in the ongoing excavation and evaluation of et-Tell, now identified by many archaeologists as the site of biblical-era Bethsaida. New discoveries have linked the site back to the Iron Age time of David and revealed new connections to the tetrarch Philip and his family. Strickert develops an explanation for the decline and destruction of the city sharply different from his previous conclusion. Readers of Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles will want to follow the story into this sequel.

Book Bethsaida

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rami Arav
  • Publisher : Truman State Univ Press
  • Release : 2009-03-30
  • ISBN : 9781931112840
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book Bethsaida written by Rami Arav and published by Truman State Univ Press. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological excavation of the ancient city of Bethsaida has retrieved a wealth of information on some of the most intriguing topics from 10th century BCE to 4th century CE. This volume includes reports on archaeological and geological findings from 1997 to 2006 and the cultural and historical contexts of the findings. This volume completes the series.

Book Biblical Bethsaida

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carl E. Savage
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Release : 2011-02-18
  • ISBN : 0739137832
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Biblical Bethsaida written by Carl E. Savage and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-02-18 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his illuminating, well-researched book examining the site of Et-Tell, also known as Bethsaida, Carl E. Savage explores archaeological evidence to offer readers a portrait of the religious beliefs and practices of the community living near the north shore of the Sea of Galilee during the first century CE. In the study of the cultural and social matrix of the first century in the Galilee, scholars have commonly prioritized written sources over archaeological evidence because written sources seem to contribute more directly to an understanding of the religious beliefs and practices of a community. However, there exist many competing views of the landscape during that time due to the varying interpretations of the textual sources. Using archaeological data from Bethsaida itself, Savage investigates the material practices of Bethsaida's ancient inhabitants, describing these practices as significant indicators of their sense of place both ideologically and geographically. He evaluates the historical plausibility of various social reconstructions for the region, and finds that the image that emerges of first-century Bethsaida is one similar to those of other Jewish communities in the Galilee.

Book The Lost City of Bethsaida

Download or read book The Lost City of Bethsaida written by University of Nebraska at Omaha. Fine Arts Gallery and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bethsaida

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  • Author : Frederick M. Strickert
  • Publisher : Michael Glazier Books
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780814655191
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Bethsaida written by Frederick M. Strickert and published by Michael Glazier Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeologists have spent the last decade investigating the ancient city of Bethsaida, the home of several disciples of Jesus, including Simon Peter. This study integrates ancient historical sources, archaeological discoveries, and geological research with the study of New Testament texts about this frequently mentioned city of Jesus.

Book The Remembered Peter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Markus N. A. Bockmuehl
  • Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 9783161505805
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book The Remembered Peter written by Markus N. A. Bockmuehl and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2010 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of texts partly published previously, all rev. and updated.

Book Bethsaida

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rami Arav
  • Publisher : Truman State Univ Press
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN : 9780943549866
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Bethsaida written by Rami Arav and published by Truman State Univ Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume of a four-volume set reports the initial findings of the internationally recognized Bethsaida Excavation Project. The project is uncovering one of the most important New Testament sites, lost to the world since the first century. This volume examines the finds of the first years of the excavation, including pottery, coins, and much more, as well as Bethsaida's place in historical literature.

Book Digging Through the Bible

Download or read book Digging Through the Bible written by Richard A Freund and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “masterful and eminently readable” journey through the fascinating insights and revelations of Biblical archeology (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Many of our religious beliefs are based on faith alone, but archaeology gives us the opportunity to find evidence about what really happened in the distant past—evidence that can have a dramatic impact on what and how we believe. In Digging Through the Bible, archaeologist and rabbi Richard Freund takes readers through digs he has led in the Holy Land, searching for evidence about key biblical characters and events. Digging Through the Bible presents overviews of the evidence surrounding figures such as Moses, Kings David and Solomon, and Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as new information that can help us more fully understand the life and times in which these people would have lived. Freund also presents new evidence about finding the grave of the Teacher of Righteousness mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls, and gives a compelling argument about how the Exodus of the Israelites may have taken place in three separate waves over time, rather than in a single event as presented in the Bible.

Book Digging through History

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard A Freund
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2023-06-14
  • ISBN : 1442208848
  • Pages : 280 pages

Download or read book Digging through History written by Richard A Freund and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digging through History follows rabbi and archaeologist Richard Freund's journey through some of the most fascinating archaeological sites of human history—including the mysterious Atlantis, Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the long-buried Holocaust camp Sobibor. Each chapter takes readers through a different archaeological site, showing what we can learn about past religious life and religious faith through the artifacts found there, as well as what has given each site such strong "staying power" over time. Richard Freund and the research in Digging through History are featured in the National Geographic documentary Atlantis Rising, which premieres on National Geographic on Sunday, January 29, at 9/8 central. The documentary follows Oscar-winning executive producer James Cameron and Emmy-winning filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici as they investigate the myths and realities of Atlantis. Digging through History is the only book that details Freund’s groundbreaking research on Atlantis that is featured in the f

Book Bethsaida in Archaeology  History and Ancient Culture

Download or read book Bethsaida in Archaeology History and Ancient Culture written by J. Harold Ellens and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an archaeological analysis, history, and description of a key excavation of the site of biblical Bethsaida, the most important Holy Land location in the narrative of Jesus’ life. This volume presents some of the pre-eminent biblical archaeological scholars in the field, all of whom were associated with Professor John T. Greene, either in the process of decades of archaeological exploration of the ancient site of Bethsaida, or in some other related activity in the field of biblical studies and religion. Professor Greene has been a leading scholar in the excavation and publication of field reports and historical and biblical analysis of the rich lode of discoveries that Bethsaida has revealed to us. This volume will be the highly sought-after summary of the historical-biblical information now available about ancient Bethsaida, the location at which Jesus vacationed, taught, healed, and announced his self-perception as the promised Jewish Messiah who became a new kind of Christian Messiah after his death by crucifixion on a Roman cross in approximately 30 CE in Jerusalem. Bethsaida in Archaeology, History, and Ancient Culture: A Festschrift in Honor of John T. Greene, describes the operational life of the ordinary people, religious communities, military movements, and socio-political hierarchy, from a ground-level perspective of the centuries before and during the lifetimes of Philo Judaeus, Jesus of Nazareth, and Flavius Josephus. It is unique in its popular presentation of this key era for scholarly research, appealing to both scholars in the field and informed non-professional readers, as well as scholars in corollary disciplines. This volume will be immensely sought after by a wide range of those persons who expect interesting, important, and highly readable works from municipal and academic libraries, as well as the popular book stores throughout the English speaking world.

Book Resurrection Shock Background Guide

Download or read book Resurrection Shock Background Guide written by Lane Sanford Webster and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-02-13 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have found the background guide to the larger book called Resurrection Shock: Did the Disciples Get It Right? This supplement gives you a set of resources to delve deeper into areas related to the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. • An archaeological index called “Found in the Ground” providing details with citations for major New Testament findings. • Alternative timelines for the week that Jesus dies and reportedly rises from the dead. • Cultural expectations about the afterlife in Jewish traditions. • Clashing interpretations of the Old Testament’s most prominent messianic prophecy. • Assessments of purported gospels, epistles and other accounts that did not make it into the New Testament. • For the reliable sources for the resurrection narrative, overviews of authorship, basic content, interdependence or independence, along with dating estimates for their original compositions. While all these resources aid resurrection research, they also come in handy for other explorations into the reality-altering, soul-stirring world of the first followers of Jesus.

Book The Second Coming

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cyrene
  • Publisher : Partridge Publishing
  • Release : 2014-04-25
  • ISBN : 1482821141
  • Pages : 561 pages

Download or read book The Second Coming written by Cyrene and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Coming takes a fresh look at the Gospel of Matthew through the unconditioned eyes of a truth-seeker. The book reinterprets the Gospel of Matthew from a non-dualistic perspective and brings out spiritual insights totally unexpected. The book also brings to the forefront the forgotten character of Joseph as the 'tekton' of the Gospel. The distinctive feature of the book is that it redefines abstruse or undefined biblical terms such as, the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit, God, heaven, hell, Serpent, Satan, sin, etc., in a new light that makes the interpretation internally consistent, and also consistent with the external reality. According to the book, the message of the Gospel is straightforward: The human body is the Savior. Therefore, turn to the body. The book goes beneath the literal content of the Gospel of Matthew to discover its soul.

Book Caesarea Philippi

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Francis Wilson
  • Publisher : New Age International
  • Release : 2004-07-23
  • ISBN : 9781850434405
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Caesarea Philippi written by John Francis Wilson and published by New Age International. This book was released on 2004-07-23 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home of the Great God Pan, Banias is a city that has seen almost every age of history pass through it.

Book New Insights into the Iron Age Archaeology of Edom  Southern Jordan

Download or read book New Insights into the Iron Age Archaeology of Edom Southern Jordan written by Erez Ben-Yosef and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2014-12-31 with total page 1079 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated south of the Dead Sea, near the famous Nabatean capital of Petra, the Faynan region in Jordan contains the largest deposits of copper ore in the southern Levant. The Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project (ELRAP) takes an anthropological-archaeology approach to the deep-time study of culture change in one of the Old World's most important locales for studying technological development. Using innovative digital tools for data recording, curation, analyses, and dissemination, the researchers focused on ancient mining and metallurgy as the subject of surveys and excavations related to the Iron Age (ca. 1200-500 BCE), when the first local, historical state-level societies appeared in this part of the eastern Mediterranean basin. This comprehensive and important volume challenges the current scholarly consensus concerning the emergence and historicity of the Iron Age polity of biblical Edom and some of its neighbors, such as ancient Israel. Excavations and radiometric dating establish a new chronology for Edom, adding almost 500 more years to the Iron Age, including key periods of biblical history when David, Solomon, and the Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq I are alleged to have interacted with Edom. Included is a 7 gigabyte DVD with over 55,000 files of additional data and photographs from the project.

Book The Missions of James  Peter  and Paul

Download or read book The Missions of James Peter and Paul written by Bruce D. Chilton and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul investigates the nature, diversity, and relationship of three early and important expressions of Judaic Christianity. It is the conviction of the contributors that the Judaic origins of the Christian movement have not been sufficiently understood in both ecclesiastical and academic circles. Comparison with contemporary Judaism is foundational and leads to the question that guides discussion: How did James relate to such prominent figures as Peter and Paul? Given James' own eminence, those relationships must have been hallmarks of his own stance and status, and they open the prospect that we might delineate James' theological perspective more precisely than otherwise possible by means of this contrast with Peter and Paul. That is the reason for the division of the present volume into two parts. The Missions of James, Peter, and Paul is presented in two parts: James and Peter, and James Paul. Several studies investigate the literary and archaeological evidence that clarifies the world in which James, Peter, and Paul lived, while other studies probe exegetical and theological aspects of the discussion.

Book The Realia Jesus

    Book Details:
  • Author : David A. Fiensy
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2024-06-13
  • ISBN : 1666772593
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book The Realia Jesus written by David A. Fiensy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where was Golgotha? Was Peter's house in Capernaum? Was Mary from the town of Magdala? Where was Bethsaida? We've all heard the arguments, but what do the archaeological finds tell us? This book pulls together archaeological information, scattered in journals and final reports, relating to the Gospel of Luke with appealing photography, instructive illustrations, and fascinating recent finds. It uses archaeology to reconstruct the social, religious, historical, geographical, and pathological context for the story of Jesus and the Jesus-movement. The book not only features the "shiny objects" from the excavations (the beautiful pottery, buildings, and entertainment facilities) but also items that are not usually handled in glossy magazines, namely, the human, skeletal remains. Yet, these bones are an important window into the biblical world indicating lifespan, morbidity, socioeconomic standing, violence, and stature. The work will employ four areas of archaeological finds and investigations, including inscriptions, large finds (of buildings), small finds (jewelry, pottery, coins), and human remains, to help interpret and illustrate the Gospel of Luke. Along the way, it assesses several archaeological controversies, giving care to be fair to all sides but leaving the reader with the information to make up his or her own mind.

Book Neotestamentica et Philonica

Download or read book Neotestamentica et Philonica written by David Edward Aune and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neotestamentica et Philonica is a collection of eighteen essays by an international group of scholars in honor of Peder Borgen. They treat aspects of the study of the historical Jesus, Paul and his Letters, the Gospel of John and Philo of Alexandria. These essays represent the cutting edge of New Testament and Philonic scholarship and will be important resources for students of these subject areas.