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001 2010280190
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005 20110211085208.0
008 100623s2010 enka b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aDS82$b.M94 2010
100 1 $aMyers, E. A.$q(Elaine Anne)
245 14 $aThe Ituraeans and the Roman Near East :$breassessing the sources /$cE.A. Myers.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
300 $axv, 216 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
490 0 $aSociety for New Testament Studies monograph series ;$v147
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 186-212) and index.
505 00 $aEarly scholarship -- Literary texts -- Archaeology -- Coins -- Inscriptions -- Ituraeans and identity -- The Ituraeans in history.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aItureans$xHistory.
650 0 $aItureans$xSources.
651 0 $aLebanon$xHistory$z333 B.C.-638 A.D.
651 0 $aBiqāʻ Valley (Lebanon)$xHistory.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xCivilization$yTo 622.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010280190-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010280190-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010280190-t.html