TY  - BOOK
AU  - Myers,E.A.
TI  - The Ituraeans and the Roman Near East: reassessing the sources 
T2  - Society for New Testament Studies monograph series
SN  - 9786612546976
AV  - DS82 .M94 2010
U1  - 220 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Itureans
KW  - History
KW  - Sources
KW  - BIBLES
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Reference
KW  - Lebanon
KW  - 333 B.C.-638 A.D
KW  - Biq�a� Valley (Lebanon)
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Civilization
KW  - To 622
KW  - Itur�aer
KW  - swd
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D--University of Toronto, 2007) titled: The Ituraeans: challenging misconceptions and evaluating the primary sources; Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-212) and index; Early scholarship --; Literary texts --; Archaeology --; Coins --; Inscriptions --; Ituraeans and identity --; The Ituraeans in history --; Conclusions --; Appendix 1; Two small finds and the Ituraeans --; Appendix 2; Inscriptions relevant to the Roman auxiliary units
N2  - "The Ituraeans, a little-known people of late first century BCE Syria/Palestine, are referred to briefly in a number of early texts, notably Pliny, Strabo and Josephus, and the principality of Ituraea is mentioned in Luke 3.1. There is, as yet, no consensus among archaeologists as to whether certain artefacts should be attributed to the Ituraeans or not. They form a mysterious backdrop to what we know of the area in the time of Jesus, which remains obstinately obscure despite the enormous amount of research in recent decades on the 'historical Jesus' and Greco-Roman Galilee. Through reference to the early texts, modern scholarship has contributed to a claim the Ituraeans were an Arab tribal group known mainly for their recurrent brigandage. Elaine Myers challenges these presuppositions and suggests a reappraisal of previous interpretations of these texts and the archaeological evidence to present a more balanced portrait of this ancient people."--Jacket
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