How Jewish Was Jesus’ Galilee? - The BAS Library

How Jewish Was Jesus’ Galilee?

The pendulum is beginning to swing back again. Before 20th-century archaeologists began uncovering it, Jesus’ Galilee was generally considered rural Jewish terrain. Then archaeologists made some astounding finds. Excavations at Sepphoris, less than 4 miles from Jesus’ hometown of Nazareth, revealed inscriptions in Greek, Roman architecture and some breathtaking Greco-Roman art, including the … Continue reading How Jewish Was Jesus’ Galilee?