What We Have and Have Not Learned About Jesus of Galilee

In this lecture, Sean Freyne will address various aspects of Galilean life and culture that have emerged from archaeological exploration of the region over the past few decades, such as the markers of Jewish ethnicity, signs of urbanization and the contrasts between city and village life. Freyne will also discuss the uses and misuses of this information in the ongoing quest for the historical Jesus. Some new questions will be posed, the answers to which could better help us to understand the gospels’ account of the Galilean ministry in its religious and cultural setting. This was part of the New Answers to Old Questions DVD.