Did Jesus come from Nazareth?

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At 03:31 PM 2/10/99 -0500, Achilles wrote:

>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. 

Ed

There was also a dig performed in the '90s, the report of which was
released in '97.  I will check on the bib info for you.

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