The Gospels in Context: Social and Political History in the Synoptic Tradition

Agrippa Agrippa II already Antipas's apocalyptic apophthegms author of Mark Baptizer Baptizer's beginning Bell Caligula crisis Capernaum century C.E. Christian community coins conflict connected cultural context death Decapolis desolating sacrilege destruction Dio Cassius disciples early Christian emperor evangelist Evangelium Gaius Caligula Galilean Galilee Gentiles Gerasa groups Hellenistic Herod Antipas Herodian high priest Hist interpretation Israel Jerusalem Jesus Jesus traditions Jewish Jewish war Jews Jordan Josephus Judea king lake Luke Mark 13 Mark's Gospel Markan Markus Markusevangelium Matthew Matthew's Gospel mentioned miracle stories motif Nabatean narrative original Palestine Palestinian Passion account Passion story pericope persecution Petronius Pharisees Philo Phoenicia political history probably prophecy prophets prostration redaction reed refers region Roman Rome Sanhedrin Sayings Source Sidon situation speaks synoptic apocalypse synoptic tradition Syria Syrophoenician woman Tacitus temple Temptation story territory Tiberias tion Tyre Vespasian Vitellius words