Background
Strange, James Francis was born on February 2, 1938 in Pampa, Texas, United States. Son of Jerry Donald and Buena (Frost) Strange.
(In this important study, two active field archaeologists,...)
In this important study, two active field archaeologists, one Jewish and the other Christian, combine in an attempt to draw an accurate picture of rabbinic Judaism and Christian origins in Roman Palestine on the basis of both historical literature and archaeological findings. Their work includes important material previously accessible only in other languages, including modern Hebrew. Writing for students and others concerned to arrive at a balanced understanding of Palestine in the first century AD, the authors are concerned to establish a general picture rather than to argue for particular hypotheses; above all, they document by archaeology and epigraphy the great diversity there was in early Palestinian ,Judaism and early Christianity. They also make out a case for far more contact between,Jewish and Christian communities than has ordinarily been assumed possible. After examining the cultural setting of Galilee and the question of regionalism, together with the context of early Christianity and Palestinian Judaism in Jerusalem, Nazareth and Capernaum. they look in detail at the languages of Roman Palestine, Jewish burial practice and views of afterlife, evidences of-Christianity in Palestine and synagogues, art and the world of the sages. There are maps, drawings and diagrams of synagogues, and a final chapter discusses the place of Palestine in Jewish and Christian theology.
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Strange, James Francis was born on February 2, 1938 in Pampa, Texas, United States. Son of Jerry Donald and Buena (Frost) Strange.
Bachelor, Rice University, 1959. Master of Divinity, Yale University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Drew University, 1970.
Assistant professor religious studies University South Florida, Tampa, 1972-1975, associate professor, 1975-1979, professor, since 1980, dean College Arts & Letters, 1980-1989, chairman department religious studies, since 1991. Associate director excavations at Khirbet Shema, Meiron, Israel, 1971-1973, Merion Excavation Project, 1973-1980. Lecturer biblical archaeology University Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa, 1979.
Director excavations, Sepphoris, Israel, since 1983.
(In this important study, two active field archaeologists,...)
Member American Schools Oriental Research, Israel Exploration Society, National Association Baptist Professors Religion, World Association for Jewish Studies.
Married L. Carolyn Midkiff, August 19, 1960. Children: Mary E., James R., Katherine A., Joanna C.