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Archaeology and identity in second-century Galilee - R. Bonnie 2019. Being Jewish in Galilee, 100–200 CE: An Archaeological Study. Studies in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology 11. Turnhout: Brepols. Pp. xi + 373, 98 ill., 20 tables. ISBN: 978-2-503-55532-4.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 June 2021

Uzi Leibner*
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The Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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