'This attractively produced volume is a fully documented work of scholarship from a scholar of international repute and has for some years now provided an important new work of reference on everything pertaining to the religious, social and economic background of the Holy City in the time of Christ.' (New Blackfriars) 'The whole work is a superb quarry of information ... everyone should be richly instructed by its study.' (Times Literary Supplement) `Professor Jeremias brings a deep love for the place to his erudition, particularly in the realm of Jewish sources, and the result is a book of outstanding merit' (Church of England Newspaper) Until his death in 1979, Joachim Jeremias was Emeritus Professor of New Testament in the University of Gottingen.