Excavating Jesus

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

There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times, but also huge, lesser known advances in first-century Palestine archaeology that explain a great deal about Jesus, his followers, and his teachings. This is the first book that combines the two and it does it in a fresh, accessible way that will interest both biblical scholars and students and also the thousands of lay readers of Biblical Archaeology Review (150,000+ circulation), National Geographic, and other archaeology and ancient history books and magazines. Each chapter of the book focuses on a major modern archaeological or textual discovery and shows how that discovery opens a window onto a major feature of Jesus's life and teachings.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 11/25/2003
ISBN: 9780060616342
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.12w x 0.95d

Review Citations: New York Review of Books 04/10/2003 pg. 49