This episode is the final of three that introduce key historical sources and problems in reconstructing the life of a peasant from Galilee, the historical Jesus. This is part of series 5 (The Historical Jesus in Context) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.

Podcast 5.3: Studying the Historical Jesus – Sources and Problems, part 3 (mp3; archive.org page with various downloading options here).

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As you may have noticed, there is a “Travel and Religion in Antiquity” subsite here on my site which supported a multi-year seminar at the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies.  I have been working on editing some of the contributions from that seminar, and these will come out later in 2010 (probably in the Fall) in a volume titled Travel and Religion in Antiquity (in the series Studies in Christianity and Judaism).   Wilfrid Laurier University Press has already designed the cover, which incorporates a photo (pertaining to safety in travel) I recently took in the Capitoline museum in Rome:

This episode is the second of three that introduce key historical sources and problems in reconstructing the life of a peasant from Galilee, the historical Jesus. This is part of series 5 (The Historical Jesus in Context) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast.

Podcast 5.2: Studying the Historical Jesus – Sources and Problems, part 2 (mp3; archive.org page with various downloading options here).

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You may also subscribe to this and subsequent episodes through iTunes or another podcatcher. View credits for my introductory music.