Greco-Roman culture and the Galilee of Jesus

Introduction 1. Galilee's early encounter with Hellenism 2. The Roman army in Palestine 3. The introduction of Greco-Roman architecture 4. The transformation of the landscape in the second and third centuries CE 5. The use of Greek in Jesus' Galilee 6. The coinage of Galilee 7. Greco-Roman art and the shifting limits of acceptability Conclusion.

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