Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts

John Dominic Crossan, professor emeritus at DePaul University, is widely regarded as the foremost historical Jesus scholar of our time. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian, God and Empire, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Greatest Prayer, The Last Week, and The Power of Parable. He lives in Minneola, Florida.

Jonathan L Reed is a leading authority on the archaeology of early Christianity and has excavated in Galilee since 1987. He has conducted research at the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, the American Academy in Rome, and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. He is author of Archaeology and the Galilean Jesus and has co-authored with John Dominic Crossan two bestselling books, Excavating Jesus and In Search of Paul. He is professor of New Testament at the University of La Verne and is on the research council of Claremont Graduate University's world-renowned Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, where he is directing their Galilean Archaeology and the Historical Jesus project.

“With its lucid arguments, elegant prose, beautiful illustrations and skillful weaving of academic disciplines, Excavating Jesus will edify everyone who reads it.” - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“Lucid arguments, elegant prose, beautiful illustrations and skillful weaving of academic disciplines...will edify everyone who reads it.” - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“First-century Palestine comes alive here...another winner for Crossan.” - Booklist
“A fascinating, beautifully illustrated and elegantly written account of the life and times of Jesus.” - Publishers Weekly

"This is a fascinating and exhilarating study, which breathes new life into the quest for the historical Jesus."
"An original, nuanced synthesis of archaeological finds and textual exegesis, one that is rich in insights and in provocative interpretations."
"Comprehensive, expertly integrated, and powerfully illuminating...in keeping with the best of current archaeological theory and method."
“An original, nuanced synthesis of archaeological finds and textual exegesis, one that is rich in insights and in provocative interpretations.”
“A fascinating, beautifully illustrated and elegantly written account of the life and times of Jesus.”
“Lucid arguments, elegant prose, beautiful illustrations and skillful weaving of academic disciplines...will edify everyone who reads it.”