Title: A Festschrift in honor of Rami Arav : "And they came to Bethsaida..." /
Authors: Strickert, Frederick M.; Freund, Richard A.; Arav, Rami
Year: 2019
Subjects: Bible Antiquities.; Bible; Excavations (Archaeology) Israel Bethsaida (Extinct city); Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Manners and customs; Bethsaida (Extinct city); Palestine Social life and customs; Israel Bethsaida (Extinct city); Middle East Palestine
Contents: Introduction : Rami Arav, Bethsaida's chief archaeologist / Richard A. Freund -- Photographing Bethsaida with Rami Arav : 2006 to present / Hanan Shafir -- Before Rami : Bethsaida as seen by Bargil Pixner / Elizabeth McNamer -- Geoarchaeologic assessments : good science for understanding and credibility at Bethsaida / John F. Shroder, Jr. -- Why Bethsaida? Why did Philip pick this humble village to build his new city named Julias? / Fred Strickert -- A mini-hoard of Tiberias coins from excavations at et-Tell (Bethsaida) / Donald Ariel -- The Herodian oil lamps of Bethsaida / Carl Savage -- From Bethsaida to Rhodes and back / Richard A. Freund -- Iron Age II et-Tell/Bethsaida and Dan : a tale of two gates / David Ilan -- Who destroyed stratum five at Bethsaida? / John T. Greene -- The MKY inscription of Bethsaida / Walter C. Bouzard -- I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one finding shalom / Ken Bensimon -- Medieval coins from the excavations at et-Tell (Bethsaida) 1987-2016 / Gregory C. Jenks -- The paradox of Andrew of Bethsaida / Mark Appold -- The pivotal role of Bethsaida in the Gospel of Mark / Patrick Russell -- On the biblical road back to Bethsaida : did Matthew's Gospel originate from et-Tell? / Aaron Gale -- The Bible and the spade : archaeological exploration at et-Tell in the light of Gospel accounts / Chris Sinkinson -- A tale of three Roman trials : Jews in the Roman dock / Mark D. Smith -- Archaeology, ancient texts, and early Christianities : a review of Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities and Lost Scriptures / Paul A. Williams -- From Bethsaida to Yavne and beyond / Phillip Reeder, Harry M. Jol, Paul Bauman, Maha Darawsha,Vanessa Workman, Shalom Yanklevitz, Richard Freund, Carl Savage.