The Archeology of the New Testament The Life of Jesus and the Beginning of the Early Church

includes index and biblioraphy

The life of John the baptist ................3 The life of Jesus Bethlehem .............18 Nazareth...27 Galilee.........43 Decapolis..............61 Caesarea........70 Jericho.............81 The mount of Olives.............88 Jerusalem .....109 Tombs Development of Early tombs..............181 Decorated hellenistic-period tombs at marissa ............188 Hellenistic and roman tombs in the kidron valley .........191 The sanhedriyya tombs.............196 The herodian family tomb ........198 The tomb of queen helena of Adiabene .......199 Catacombs Beth She`arim ....203 Rome....209 Sarcophagi ...................213 Ossuaries...........218 The cross History of the cross mark .....220 Illustrations of the cross mark ........236