A popular book by a world-renowned scholar, weighing up what the latest archaeological evidence can tell us about the historical Jesus and his world. Currently, there is a lot of interest in the historical Jesus, following the success of books such as The Jesus Family Tomb, Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus, and, of course, The Da Vinci Code.

Craig Evans

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About the author

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

List of figures

Preface

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1. In the shadow of Sepphoris: growing up in Nazareth

2. Among the devout: religious formation in the synagogue

3. In the books: reading, writing and literacy

4. Confronting the establishment: ruling priests and the temple

5. Life with the dead: Jewish burial traditions

Summing up

Appendix 1: Have we found the family tomb of Jesus?

Appendix 2: What did Jesus look like?

Notes

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Evans, Craig

"Evans has done a favor for the lay public, college students, seminary students, and likely more than a few scholars in the writing of this book. We expect clarity, accuracy, and detailed knowledge from Evans, and he delivers it. He reports much of what archaeologists have found that relate to the story of Jesus of Nazareth and with as little bias as possible. Furthermore he has interleaved the literary evidence with the archaeological evidence to give a broader scope and understanding of the subject matter to the reader. This book does not smother us in detail, nor is it superficial, but he helps the reader to greater understanding and in a vigorous style." James F. Strange, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Graduate Studies, University of South Florida

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This wide-ranging, accessible and ambitious book gathers information from many sources to reinforce inferences about Jesus’ worldly life and times that might be made from the Gospels. It uses evidence from archaeological digs, museum collections, early fragments including material from Qumran, and non-canonical and secular texts from the early centuries of the Christian era. From this it assembles accounts of five aspects of Jesus’ society: possible contexts of his childhood in Nazareth; religious practices in the synagogues; the power and authority of the priests and the temple; burial practices; and, most interesting of all, evidence of widespread literacy. In two short appendices it also discusses evidence about the details of Jesus’ tomb and even of his appearance. The overall conclusion, broadly, is that the accounts of Jesus’ human experience in the Gospels are validated by such historical evidence as is cited here.

Jesus and His World

The Archaeological Evidence

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