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Jesus and the Forgotten City : New Light on
Sepphoris and the Urban World of Jesus by Richard Batey Hardcover - 225 pages Available at: |
Philologos comments
The title says it all: this book is about a city called Sepphoris that was
about an hour's walk from Nazareth and postulates whether Jesus grew up in
a much more urbanized setting than is usually depicted when conjuring up
images of Jesus' everyday life. Sepphoris in the first century is
described as "the ornament of all Galilee, its capital and its largest and
most ornate city, and at that time second only to Jerusalem in importance
in all Palestine" (p 14). Archaeological evidence in the area seems to point to a
much different overall setting for Jesus' early life than we are used to
hearing for it is pretty hard to believe that a city of that size and that
proximity would have no influence on the inhabitants of Nazareth.
Chapters include:
- The Importance of Sepphoris in Jesus' Day
- Jesus the Carpenter
- Jesus and the Theater
- Antipas the Fox and John the Baptist
- The King Figure in the Teachings of Jesus
- Herod Antipas' Galilean Economy
- The Economy of the Kingdom of God
- Jesus, Friend of Tax Collectors
- Jerusalem, City of the Great King.
Very nice pictures and illustrations but a little pricey.