Mapping Galilee in Josephus, Luke, and John : critical geography and the construction of an ancient space /

: The study of 1st century CE Galilee has become an important subfield within the broader disciplines of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity. In Mapping Galilee , John M. Vonder Bruegge examines how Galilee is portrayed, both in ancient writings and current scholarship, as a variously mapped space using insights from critical geography as an evaluative lens. Conventional approaches to Galilee treat it as a static backdrop for a deliberate and dynamic historical drama. By reasserting geography as a creative process rather than a passive description, Vonder Bruegge also reasserts ancient Galilee as an interpreted space-a series of conceptualized \'maps\'-laden with meaning, significance, and purpose for each individual author.
: 1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) : maps. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and indexes. : 9789004317345 : 1871-6636 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.