Philip's city
Subtitle: from Bethsaida to Julias
By: Fred Strickert
Publisher: Liturgical Press; Michael Glazier
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780814657522; 9780814680087
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sources; title: The Iron Age city of Tzer; title: Resettlement in the Hellenistic age; title: Home of the apostles; title: Across the sea; title: to Bethsaida; title: Fishing village; title: Farming and flax production; title: Houses of fishermen and others; title: Jews and gentiles in Bethsaida; title: Philip as ruler; title: Philip's marriage; title: The founding of Bethsaida as Julias; title: The multiplication of loaves and fishes; title: The healing of the blind man; title: Woe saying against Bethsaida; title: The early church, a communal meal, and the sayings of Jesus; title: John 12:24 and Livia Karpophoros; title: The destruction of Bethsaida.