04. The biblical world

Arav, Rami, and Richard A. Freund eds. Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee. 4 vols. Kirksville, MO: Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1995-2009.

Borg, Marcus J. Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 2001.

Braudel, F. On History. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1980.

———. The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. 2 vols. New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1972.

Freyne, Sean, "Hellenistic/Roman Galilee" Anchor Bible Dictionary II, 895–99.

Hanson, K. C., and Douglas E. Oakman. Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflict. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1998.

Horsley, Richard A. Archaeology, History and Society in Galilee. The Social Context of Jesus and the Rabbis. Harrisburg: Trinity Press International, 1996.

Liverani, Mario. Israel's History and the History of Israel. London: Equinox, 2006.

Savage, Carl E., Biblical Bethsaida: A Study of the First Century CE in the Galilee. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011.