Did Jesus come from Nazareth?

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On 10 Feb 99, at 9:22, Ed Tyler wrote:


> Ed

> 

> I was checking that out.  If it was a necropolis, it certainly wasn't

> inhabited by the living in those days.  Of course, the hill or cliff and

> the synagogue would be more or less irrelevant to the question, because

> both tales are obvious fictions.  The necropolis must have been unused for

> a really long time before it was repopulated.


Achilles
I am quite sure a major feature of the site was evidence of the early and 
longterm use of the caves there for burials. I found full citation on the 
original excavation, by the way, I will try to get a copy via inter-library 
loan though knowing the library I am dealing with that will probably take quite 
a bit of time to come through. It's Baggatti, Bellarmino. 1969. Excavations in 
Nazareth. Vol. 1, from the beginning till the XII century, translated by E. 
Hoade. Publications of the Studium Biblicum Fransciscanum 17. Jerusalem, 
Fransciscan Printing Press.

The synagogue and cliff aren't relevant to the question of whether Nazareth 
existed as a village at the time it is supposed to have, but it certainly would 
be another good instance of textual errancy. 

Regards,

/Achilles     achillesz@usa.net

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