The Boyhood of Jesus

Jesus grew up at a time of deep social disturbance, as the Jewish people struggled to come to terms with Roman occupation. Written by a leading historian of this period, this book explores the question, What would Jesus have witnessed, experienced and felt as a boy growing up in first-century Galilee?

About the author

Joan E. Taylor is Professor of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King's College London. Her recent books include The Essenes, the Scrolls and the Dead Sea (OUP 2012), What Did Jesus Look Like? (Bloomsbury 2018) and (with Helen Bond) Women Remembered: Jesus' Female Disciples (Hodder 2022).

Product details

• Authors: Taylor, Taylor, Joan E. Taylor, Taylor Joan
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2025
• EAN: 9780281085002
• ISBN: 978-0-281-08500-2
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE