Excavating Jesus by Crossan, John Dominic
Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts
A synthesis of archaeology and textual analysis, this work correlates “stones and texts” to reconstruct a plausible portrait of Jesus within the social, economic, and political realities of first-century Galilee and Judea. Drawing on material culture from villages, houses, roads, and burial practices, it tests gospel traditions against the backdrop of Roman rule, purity systems, and peasant life, clarifying what likely occurred in matters such as healings, shared meals, crucifixion, and early proclamation. The result portrays a Jewish healer and teacher whose open table fellowship, social healing, and nonviolent challenge to entrenched hierarchies helped catalyze the movement that followed.
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- 2001
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- American
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- English
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