Table of Contents

Contributors: Archaeological Chronology, and Events and Rulers in Galilee and Judea in the Late Second Temple through Mishnaic Periods; Maps and Galilee Photo Gallery; Preface and Introduction to Galilee - David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange; 1. The Transformation from Galil Ha-Goyim to Jewish Galilee - Mordechai Aviam; 2. Sepphoris - James F. Strange, Eric M. Meyers, Carol L. Meyers, Benjamin D. Gordon, and Ze'ev Weiss; 3. Kefar Shikhin - James Riley Strange; 4. Yodefat-Jotapata - Mordechai Aviam; 5. Khirbet Qana - C. Thomas McCoIlough; 6. Karm er-Ras near Kafr Kanna - Yardenna Alexandre; 7. Kafr Kanna (The Franciscan Church) - F. Massimo Luca, OFM; 8. Nazareth - James F. Strange; 9. Kefar Hananya - David Adan-Bayewitz; 10. Tiberias, from Its Foundation to the End of the Early Islamic Period - Katia Cytryn-Silverman; 11. Hamath Tiberias - Carl Savage; 12. Capernaum, Village of Naum, from Hellenistic to Byzantine Times - Sharon Lea Matilla; 13. Bethsaida - Rami Arav and Carl Savage; 14. MagdaIa - Stefano De Luca and Anna Lena; 15. Khirbet Wadi Hamam in the Early and Middle Roman Periods - Uzi Leibner; 16. Huqoq in the Late Hellenistic and Roman Periods - Matthew J. Grey and Chad S. Spigel; 17. Meiron in Upper Galilee - Eric M. Meyers and Carol L. Meyers; 18. Gush Halav - Jame's F. Strange; 19. Nabratein - Eric M. Meyers and Carol L. Meyers; 20. The Ancient Synagogue and Village at Khirbet Shema - Eric M. Meyers; 21. Kedesh ofthe Upper Galilee - Andrea M. Berlin and Sharon C. Hiebert; Indexes, Contributors, and Glossary.

About the Author

David A. Fiensy is professor of New Testament and dean of the Graduate School of Religion at Kentucky Christian University in Grayson, Kentucky. James Riley Strange is associate professor of religion at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama and director of the Shikhin Excavation Project in lsrael's Lower Galilee.