Excavating Jesus

<p><strong> The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong>There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times but also huge lesser known advances in first-century Palestine archaeology that explain a great deal about Jesus his followers and his teachings. This is the first book that combines the two and it does it in a fresh accessible way that will interest both biblical scholars and students and also the thousands of lay readers of Biblical Archaeology Review (150000+ circulation) National Geographic and other archaeology and ancient history books and magazines. Each chapter of the book focuses on a major modern archaeological or textual discovery and shows how that discovery opens a window onto a major feature of Jesus's life and teachings.</p><p> </p>