galilean
IPA: gæɫʌɫˈiʌn
Root Word: Galilean
noun
- A native or resident of Galilee.
- (historical) A zealous follower of Judas of Galilee, who fiercely resented the taxation of the Romans, and whose violence contributed to induce the latter to vow the extermination of the whole race.
- (by extension, sometimes derogatory) A Christian.
- Jesus Christ.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to Galilee, or a native or inhabitant thereof.
- (philosophy) Of or pertaining to the Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Galileo Galilei.
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Examples of "galilean" in Sentences
- Just as I wonder why Mark had to have his crucified/resurrected Messiah speak in a galilean dialect of aramean.
- But I think Ananus could easily prove if a galilean miracle worker had not been executed in Jerusalem a just a couple of decades back in time.
- Which makes me wonder why early Christian "mytomans" like Paul made their job so much more difficult by inventing a crucified Jewish saviour from an obscure galilean village.
- The conversion by his followers of a galilean wonderworking prophet like Jesus into the crucified Messiah is one of those unexpected mutations that occurs from time to time in the history of religion.
- I think the synoptics are basically right when they claim that it was the Jewish authorities who tipped off the Romans about a galilean troublemaker with messianic aspirations who was causing a stir in the city during passover.
- But I suppose that he didn´t care if he was opening himself up to ridicule from contemporary Jews who might probably have been in a position to challenge Mark´s claim that a galilean wonderworker named Jesus from Nazareth had ever been crucified in Jerusalen under Pontious Pilate.
- Then a fellow named Mark came along and thought he could be a bit more specific about where the crucifixion did take place and by visions or revelations happened to find inspiration in places like the Servant verses in Isaiah, biblical verses that naturally lend themselves towards "chronos narratives" about a galilean wonderworker being crucified on a specific hill in Jerusalem under a specific Roman governor.
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