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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jodi MagnessPublisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Imprint: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.508kg ISBN: 9780802865588ISBN 10: 0802865585 Pages: 335 Publication Date: 12 April 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsFergus Millar Oriental Institute, Oxford Jodi Magness brings literary evidence from both Jewish and New Testament writings together with extensive archaeological material to produce a literally down to earth picture of the conditions and customs of daily life in the late Second Temple period. Essential reading for all who are interested in that period. Sidnie White Crawford University of Nebraska-Lincoln A superb handbook on Jewish daily life in the late Second Temple period. Magness demonstrates how texts and archaeology, with careful scholarship, can illuminate each other. This book will be valuable for undergraduates, graduate students, and all scholars of the period for a long time to come. Lawrence H. Schiffman New York University Magness s originality and her mastery of the sources make this a major contribution to our field. Exploring Our Matrix For anyone interested in the New Testament or its historical and cultural context, this is an important and very useful volume. Jodi Magness brings literary evidence from both Jewish and New Testament writings together with extensive archaeological material to produce a literally down to earth' picture of the conditions and customs of daily life in the late Second Temple period. Essential reading for all who are interested in that period. Fergus Millar Oriental Institute, Oxford A superb handbook on Jewish daily life in the late Second Temple period. Magness demonstrates how texts and archaeology, with careful scholarship, can illuminate each other. This book will be valuable for undergraduates, graduate students, and all scholars of the period for a long time to come. Sidnie White Crawford University of Nebraska-Lincoln Magness's originality and her mastery of the sources make this a major contribution to our field. Lawrence H. Schiffman New York University Fergus Millar -- Oriental Institute, Oxford -Jodi Magness brings literary evidence from both Jewish and New Testament writings together with extensive archaeological material to produce a literally 'down to earth' picture of the conditions and customs of daily life in the late Second Temple period. Essential reading for all who are interested in that period.-Sidnie White Crawford -- University of Nebraska-Lincoln -A superb handbook on Jewish daily life in the late Second Temple period. Magness demonstrates how texts and archaeology, with careful scholarship, can illuminate each other. This book will be valuable for undergraduates, graduate students, and all scholars of the period for a long time to come.-Lawrence H. Schiffman -- New York University -Magness's originality and her mastery of the sources make this a major contribution to our field.-Exploring Our Matrix -For anyone interested in the New Testament or its historical and cultural context, this is an important and very useful volume.- Author InformationJodi Magness is the Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. From 2017 to 2020, she served as president of the Archaeological Institute of America. In addition to Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls, her research interests include ancient pottery, ancient synagogues, and the Roman army in the East. She has participated in over twenty different excavations in Israel and Greece, including as codirector of the 1995 excavations in the Roman siegeworks at Masada. Since 2011 she has directed excavations at Huqoq in Israel's Galilee. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |