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 / Frédéric 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 / Jürgen 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.
