Dura-Europos, on the Syrian Euphrates, is one of the best preserved and most extensively
excavated sites of the Roman world. A Hellenistic foundation later held by the Parthians and …

This study surveys the archaeological evidence of Jewish ritual baths (miqwa'ot) built
adjacent to tombs, dating variously from the late Second Temple period through the 3rd-4th …

For over a century, most scholars have claimed that the presence, activity, and influence of
the Jewish priesthood sharply declined with the destruction of the Jerusalem temple in 70 …

Roman-Period and Byzantine Nazareth and its Hinterland presents a new social and
economic interpretation of Roman-period and Byzantine Nazareth and its hinterland as a …

The ethnic identity of first-century ce Galileans has long been a matter of scholarly dispute.
Some scholars have seen the region as predominantly Jewish, with Gentiles as a small …

If ethnicity is defined broadly in terms of a sense of shared ancestry, common cultural
heritage, and group identity,[1] then the ethnicity of most Galileans in the late Second …

In recent years, a number of New Testament and early Christian scholars have begun to use
cognitive science approaches in their work. In this paper, I situate those efforts within the …

A reinterpretation of the Roman-period (late first century BC to fourth century AD) and
Byzantine-period (early fifth to early seventh century AD) landscapes between Sepphoris …

As my experience in the last few years has shown, after the destruction of German Jewry
and its institutions, when one wishes to visit Jewish sites in Germany one is invited to visit …

First discovered by accident in 1884–and thereafter informally investigated by workmen,
nuns and clergy, for several decades–the archaeological site at the Sisters of Nazareth …