Jesus and archaeology / edited by James H. Charlesworth.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 702-706) and indexes.

Preface / James H. Charlesworth -- Introduction: What is biblical archaeology? / Avraham Biran -- Studies in Archaeology: -- Jesus research and archaeology: a new perspective / James H. Charlesworth -- Archaeology and the historical Jesus / Sean Freyne -- Recovering Jesus' mamzerut / Bruce Chilton -- Did Antipas build the Sepphoris theater? / Richard A. Batey -- Khirbet Qana (and other villages) as a context for Jesus / Peter Richardson -- Bethsaida / Rami Arav -- Mount Tabor / Fr�ed�eric Manns -- Jesus the exorcist in light of epigraphic sources / Esther Eshel -- Reflections on Jesus' eschatology in light of Qumran / Henry W.M. Rietz -- Did Jesus attend the synagogue? / James D.G. Dunn -- Synagogues and spirituality: the case of Beth Alfa / Benedict Thomas Viviano -- The Theodotos synagogue inscription and the problem of first-century synagogue buildings / John S. Kloppenborg -- Jesus and the theater in Jerusalem / Achim Lichtenberger -- Jesus and the Herodian Temple Mount / Dan Bahat -- Mount Zion, Jesus, and archaeology / Bargil Pixner -- Excavating Caiaphas, Pilate, and Simon of Cyrene: assessing the literary and archaeological evidence / Craig A. Evans -- "Stone house," "birah" and Antonia during the time of Jesus / Daniel R. Schwartz -- Miracles, maleficium, and maiestas in the trial of Jesus / John W. Welch -- Ramat Hanadiv and Ein Gedi: property versus poverty in Judea before 70 / Yizhar Hirschfeld -- Between Jerusalem and the Galilee: Samaria in the time of Jesus / J�urgen Zangenberg -- The sanctuaries of the baptism on the east bank of the Jordan river / Michele Piccirillo -- The cemeteries of Qumran and celibacy: confusion laid to rest? / Joseph E. Zias -- Essene community houses and Jesus' early community / Brian J. Capper -- Judas and Jesus: a message on a drinking vessel of the Second Temple period / William Klassen -- Archaeology and Theology: -- Archaeology and John's gospel / Urban C. von Wahlde -- Aspects of historicity in the gospel of John: implications for investigations of Jesus and archaeology / Paul N. Anderson -- Bultmann, archaeology, and the historical Jesus / John Painter -- Jesus and resurrection faith in light of Jewish texts / Emile Puech -- Archaeology and early Christology / John Reumann -- The Christian apocrypha and archaeology / J.K. Elliott -- Conclusion: The historical Jesus and biblical archaeology: reflections on new methodologies and perspectives / James H. Charlesworth.