Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Jewish Burial Practices in Late Antiquity
• 2. Inscriptions-Non-Burial
• 3. Burial Inscriptions-Themes
• 4. Burial Inscriptions-Names
• 5. Significant Ossuaries for Research in the Historical Jesus
• Conclusion
• Abbreviations
• Bibliography
• Index of Biblical Literature
• Index of Modern Writers

About the Author

Craig A. Evans is the Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College of Acadia University, in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

Reviews

An important contribution to the study of the material culture of biblical times... The volume is informative, well written, well organized, and easy to read... Highly recommended. -- CHOICE