The Emmaus Mystery

Thiede, Carsten Peter

The Emmaus Mystery Discovering Evidence for the Risen Christ - New York Continuum International Publishing Group Inc. 2005 - 205p

includes index and biblioraphy

1 Trusting the Sources 2 Looking for Emmaus: How the Traces were Lost and Rediscovered Walking the line: Roads and travellers at the time of Jesus Power games, or: How not to choose a biblical site Stones of contention Rabbis and Bishops: Representing Emmaus Searching with the Crusaders A rescue operation: The Franciscan circle 3 People of Action: Jesus and Those Who Saw Him The myth appeal Luke the eyewitness? 4 Luke and Josephus - Two Historians of their Time Lucky Luke: The right man in the right place Finding the Messiah: Josephus the religious historian 5 An Emperor Joins the Fray: Vespasian`s Emmaus A Swiss banker`s son Miracles and fate Evidence found and lost: Digging up Vespasian`s colony 6 Archaeologists at Work: The Finds of Emmaus The standard-bearer and the sceptre head A skeleton and a Jewish-Christian tomb How green was my valley - Emmaus rediscovered Reassembling the jigsaw Aqua Bella - the `Beautiful Spring` 171 An earthquake and a Roman number 177 Hummus, Tehina, and afresh assault 183 Nile perch, eggshells, and the first century 186 7 Epilogue: Jewish and Christian History - Emmaus, a Site of the Risen Christ. 199

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