| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 168 pages) : illustrations (color), maps, plans (some color) |
| Contents |
Preface Purpose, Sources, and References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Terminology and Timescales -- Structure of the Book -- 1. An accidental biblical archaeologist? -- 2. Pilgrims, monks, and digs -- Written sources for ancient Nazareth -- Natural Nazareth -- Roman-period rural settlement around Nazareth -- Archaeological knowledge of Roman Nazareth -- The Church of the Annunciation -- Subsequent archaeological work in Nazareth -- Evidence for first-century Nazareth -- 3. Amazing discoveries |
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Mère Marie Giraud, convent superior and pioneering archaeologist -- Exploring the Large Cave -- Excavating on the surface -- 4. Exploring the Venerated House -- Henri Senès and his lifetime quest -- Drawing the ruins -- Senès in the museum -- A curious case of coins -- Senès digs -- The Senès interpretation -- The response to Senès' interpretation -- 5. Setting the record straight -- Towards a new understanding -- Interpreting the Early Roman-period evidence -- Byzantine and Crusader evidence -- Written descriptions of the Sisters of Nazareth site? -- 6. Archaeology and first-century Nazareth |
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Introduction -- What sort of place was first-century Nazareth? -- What was the economy of first-century Nazareth? -- Living in first-century Nazareth -- Was the Sisters of Nazareth site really where Jesus grew up? -- Written sources for the existence of Jesus -- Written sources and memory -- Identifying pilgrimage sites -- What if the Sisters of Nazareth house really was Jesus' childhood home? -- Conclusion -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This is the first book on the archaeology of first-century Nazareth - Jesus' home town in Galilee - written for a general audience by a mainstream professional archaeologist. Requiring no previous knowledge of biblical history or archaeology, it outlines the latest archaeological evidence, placing the Gospels' account of Jesus' youth in the Bible, and origins of Christian pilgrimage, in a new context. After discussing the archaeology and history of early first-century Nazareth ('Jesus' Nazareth') overall, the book concentrates on the fascinating Sisters of Nazareth site in the centre of the present city. There, twenty-first-century archaeological research identified a Byzantine pilgrimage church, which is likely to be the Church of the Nutrition - dedicated to the upbringing of Christ - the most important previously 'lost' early Christian church in the Holy Land. A seventh-century pilgrim said that a vaulted area under the Church of the Nutrition contained the actual house where Jesus was brought up by Mary and Joseph. Intriguingly, below the Byzantine church at the Sisters of Nazareth site a vaulted area preserved what are probably the ruins of a first-century house. Even before the Byzantine church was built, a - probably fourth-century - cave-church was constructed next to the first-century ruins, suggesting that they were assigned Christian religious importance. The similarities with the pilgrim's description raise the question of whether the Sisters of Nazareth house really could have been the childhood home of Jesus. This, historical existence for Jesus, and the implications of the archaeology of Nazareth for understanding the Gospels are discussed in the last chapter of the book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 31, 2023) |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Homes and haunts -- Israel -- Nazareth
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Jesus Christ -- Biography -- Early life.
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Jesus Christ fast |
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Sisters of Nazareth Convent (Nazareth, Israel)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Nazareth
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Antiquities
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Homes
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Religion & beliefs.
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Religion.
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Nazareth (Israel) -- Antiquities
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Israel -- Nazareth
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192688989 |
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0192688987 |
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9780191955839 |
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0191955833 |
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0192688995 |
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9780192688996 |
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