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Crossan, John Dominic.

Excavating Jesus : beneath the stones, behind the texts / John Dominic Crossan & Jonathan L. Reed. - 1st ed. - [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, ©2001. - xix, 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-282) and index.

Prologue: Stones and Texts -- Introduction: The Top Ten Discoveries for Excavating Jesus -- 1. Layers upon Layers upon Layers -- 2. How to Build a Kingdom -- 3. Putting Jesus in His Place -- 4. Jewish Resistance to Roman Domination -- 5. Beauty and Ambiguity in Jerusalem -- 6. How to Bury a King -- Epilogue: Ground and Gospel.

The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life & teaching of Jesus against the backdrop of his world.

ISBN: 0060616334 9780060616335 0060616342 9780060616342

LCCN: 2001024960

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Gospels--Antiquities.
Bible.--New Testament.--Évangiles--Antiquités.
Bible.--Gospels.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Excavations (Archaeology)--Israel.
Fouilles (Archéologie)--Israël.
Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Opgravingen.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Israel.

LC Class. No.: BS621 / .C76 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 225.9/3