What was the average age of death in first century palestine?

You should not take the age 25 years to heart as that age included infant mortality. If one made it past 10 years old as 60% of folks did. You would probably live fro 38-50. If one looks at the New Testament, Joseph, Jesus Earthy Father, was not mentioned at Jesus early Ministry at 27 A.D. He was not at the Wedding Feast at Cana (Jesus early Ministry) Nor at the Cross at Jesus Death (about 30 A.D.) One expects that he passed prior to Jesus public Ministry. His being absent is in line with life expectency in the fist century.

Albert N. Milliron

Columbia, SC