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Research on Galilee in the Roman Period

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Herod Antipas in Galilee

Welcome to HerodAntipas.com - by Morten Hørning Jensen, PhD

 

This site serves to accompany my book, Herod Antipas in Galilee (published by Mohr Siebeck 2006/2010), as well as to present my succeding research into the secrets of Roman Galilee.

 

 

News:

Articles on the socio-economic living conditions in Roman Galilee published (or accepted for publication) after Herod Antipas in Galilee:

  • 2012. Climate, Droughts, Wars and Famines in Galilee as a Background for Understanding the Historical Jesus. Journal for Biblical Literature.
  • 2012. Rural Galilee and Rapid Change: An Investigation of the Socio-Economic Dynamics and Developments in Roman Galilee. Biblica.
  • Still in the process of peer review: Socio-Economic and Socio-Religious Dynamics in Herod Antipas' Galilee - A Holistic Approach.
  • 2011. Conflicting Calls? Family and Discipleship in Mark and Matthew in the Light of First-Century Galilean Village life. In Mark and Matthew, Texts and Contexts I: Understanding the First Gospels in their First Century Settings. Edited by Eve-Marie Becker and Anders Runesson. Mohr Siebeck.
  • 2010. Jesus + loven = MMMC. Artikel i Dansk tidsskrift for teologi og kirke. 2010-1. Online here.
  • 2008. Herodes Antipas in Galiläa – Freund oder Feind des historischen Jesus? Jesus und die Archäologie Galiläas, red. Jörg Frey og Carsten Claussen. Neukirchener: Neukirchen-Vluyn, 39-73. 34 s.
  • 2008. Galilæa, jord og den historiske Jesus. Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift, 71:3, 149-170.
  • 2008. Landliv og livsvilkår: Galilæas socio-økonomiske situation i det første århundrede. Collegium Biblicums Årsskrift, 2008:45-64.
  • 2007. Message and Minting: The Coins of Herod Antipas in Their Second Temple Context As a Source for Understanding the Religio−Political and Socio−Economic Dynamics of Early First Century Galilee. Artikel i antologien Religion, Ethnicity and Identity in Ancient Galilee. Red. Jürgen Zangenberg, Harold Attridge, and Dale B. Martin. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 277-314.
  • 2007. Herod Antipas in Galilee: Friend or Foe of the Historical Jesus, i tidsskriftet, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, no. 1:7-32. Online here.
  • 2006. Josephus and Antipas: A Case Study of Josephus’ Narratives on Herod Antipas. Artikel i antologien Making History: Josephus and Historical Method. Red. Zuleika Rodgers. Leiden: Brill.

Herod Antipas in Galilee - the book:

Herod Antipas in Galilee was originally published in 2006 and a second edition was released in 2010. It can be purchased here:

Awards:

  • 2006: Awarded the University of Aarhus’ ’prize for the best PhD-dissertation (theology)’, cf. link.
  • 2007: ’Book of the Month’ in Expository Times, vol. 118, no. 11, pp. 542-43, cf. link.

From the reviews:

  • “There is much to recommend in Jensen’s study… This book should be read by all serious scholars of the history, politics and social-context of first-century Galilee. This study is a superb piece of scholarship and forms the new benchmark in shaping understandings of Herod Antipas." Paul Foster in
    The Expository Times (2007), 11:542-543.
  • “This is an important study, one that no scholar writing on the cultural climate of first-century Galilee or the historical Jesus can afford to ignore. It is a fine exemplar of thoroughness and nuance and will quickly become the standard reference work on Herod Antipas’s impact on the region.” Mark A. Chancey, Review of Biblical Literature.
  • “This seems to be a model historical study.” L.L. Grabbe in Journal for the Study of the Old Testament – Book List 31.5 (2007), S. 48-49.

Read a summarising article:

Image Gallery:

  • The plates in the back of the book can be viewed here in full colour: choose 'Image Gallery' in the navigation panel to the left.

Content of this page:

  • Herod Antipas in Galilee: Read more about the book.
  • Reviews: List of reviews.
  • Articles and Papers: Research papers and published articles on Galilee in the Roman period.
  • Image Gallery: Plates and photos.
  • About: Presentation of Morten Hørning Jensen.