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Sepphoris and the Jesus Movement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2001

RICHARD A. BATEY
RICHARD A. BATEY
Affiliation:
Department of Religion, Rhodes College, 2000 North Parkway, Memphis TN, 38112 USA
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Abstract

New information coming from the excavations at Sepphoris has redefined the understanding of life in central Galilee during the first century. Beginning in 3 BC, Herod Antipas built Sepphoris into a beautiful and fortified capital city, called by Josephus ‘the ornament of all Galilee’. Jesus grew up in Nazareth which was less than 4 miles south of Sepphoris, an hour's walk away. This paper focuses on the challenges to NT scholarship that arise from this new and exciting evidence.

Type
Research Article
Information
New Testament Studies , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 402 - 409
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This article is based on a Special Presentation, given on 1 August 2000 to the Society of New Testament Studies on site at the Sepphoris archaeological excavations.