num_pages: 212
description: In his latest book, Sean Freyne draws on his detailed knowledge of Galilean society in the Roman period, based on both literary and archaeological sources, to give a fresh and provocative reading of the Jesus-story within its Galilean setting. Jesus, a Jewish Galilean focuses on the religious as well as the social and political environment and examines the ways in which the Jewish religious experience had expressed itself in Galilee. It examines the ways in which the Jewish tradition in both the Pentateuch and the Prophets had constructed notions of an ideal Galilee. These provided the raw material for Jesus' own response to the issues of the day, from which he fashioned his own distinctive views of Israel's restoration and his own role in that project.
language: English
title: Jesus, A Jewish Galilean: A New Reading Of The Jesus-Story
titlecomplete: Jesus, A Jewish Galilean: A New Reading Of The Jesus-Story
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark