Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee: A Region in Transition

What is a Galilean? What were the criteria of defining a person as a Galilean - archaeologically or with respect to literary sources such as Josephus or the Rabbis? What role did religion play in the process of identity formation? Experts from 7 countries analyze a complex region, the pivotal geographic and cultural context of both earliest Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. Contributors: Jürgen Zangenberg, Sean Freyne, Martin Karrer, Timothy Luckritz Marquis, Silvia Cappelletti, Mark A. Chancey, Michael Peppard, Mordechai Aviam, Milton Moreland, Wolfgang Zwickel, Carl Savage, Yizhar Hirschfeld, Katharina Galor, Anders Runesson, Jodi Magness, Morten Hørning Jensen, Marcus Sigismund, Monika Bernett, Douglas R. Edwards, Stuart S. Miller, Joshua Ezra Burns, Mira Waner, Thomas M. Weber