Nazareth Gospel Sites: Locating Events in the Life of Jesus
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Although the centre of modern Nazareth has no archaeological evidence of a city in the time of Jesus, the Catholic Church of the Annunciation is the most likely location for the encounter of the Virgin Mary with the angel Gabriel. Furthermore, verifiable remains of a large Jewish city in 4 BC have been discovered in Nazareth’s outer suburbs at Yafia. The mystery of Nazareth involving these two localities can now be explained.
This guide book provides:
• An up-to-date guide to the key sites of Jesus in his hometown.
• An easy to follow sequence for visitors, tourists and pilgrims to Nazareth.
• A resource and devotional guide to sites mentioned in the New Testament Gospels.
INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK
• The latest archaeological evidence revealing the layout of Nazareth and its description at the time of Mary and Joseph.
• The location of the incarnation and family home of Jesus.
• The two workshops of Saint Joseph and their significance.
• A proposal where Jesus made his prophetic declaration as the Messiah in the Nazareth Synagogue on the Day of Atonement in a Jubilee year.
• A ‘stoning place’ locality where city leaders tried to execute Jesus.
• Information on several prophetic sites that reveal Jesus as the Messiah.
Trevor Harris
Trevor Harris is an Australian who is the Director of Key-line Christian Research, a company involved in Bible site studies. Personally he affirms the Apostles’ Creed and the reliability of the original biblical texts. He is qualified with an Honours degree in Architecture and a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. His passion is for the architecture, geography, history and archaeology of the Middle East, where he has travelled extensively.
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Nazareth Gospel Sites - Trevor Harris
NAZARETH
GOSPEL SITES
Locating Events in the Life of Jesus
View to Catholic Church of the Annunciation with conical dome, nestled in the historic village site of Nazareth.
Book 3: Guide Book Colour Edition
TREVOR HARRIS
Key-line Christian Research Pty Ltd
THE NAZARETH SERIES
Nazareth Gospel Sites – Locating Events in the Life of Jesus
Book 3: Guide Book Colour Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 978-0-9925506-4-6 (Print Colour soft cover)
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-inPublication entry
Dewey number 232.9
ISBN 978-0-9925506-5-3 (Print B&W soft cover)
ISBN 978-0-9925506-6-0 (ebook)
Copyright © 2017
Author Trevor E. Harris
Published by:
Key-line Christian Research Pty Ltd.
P.O. Box 3205. Norwood.
South Australia 5067. Australia.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of the brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews as permitted under the Copyright Act.
Disclaimer: All coordinates given in this book are nominal Google Earth positions which are not the same as the accurate Gobal Positioning System (GPS). All maps produced are for illustrative purposes only.
Google maps produced under the conditions of "Google Maps". Data from Mapa GISrael ORION-ME. Historic base maps are from the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) Survey 1880, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Cover and book layout design by Anna Dimasi.
Illustrations by Trevor Harris, Meg Stephens and Andrew Blaney.
Front cover: Artwork by Margaret McEntee entitled The Prophetic Cross-beam
.
The New King James Version (NKJV) is used for all Bible quotes unless stated otherwise in the text.
Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Nashville TN, USA.
Used within the terms and conditions stated by the publisher.
All other credits are listed in the text.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
About this book
Jesus of Nazareth
The Light of Zebulun
DEFINING THE CITY OF NAZARETH
The mystery site
The Jewish city-polis
Location maps
LOCATING EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF JESUS
1. The urban centre of Nazareth – NC
2. The hamlet of Nazareth – NV
3. The prophetic site of Sarid – Z1
4. The Catholic Church of the Annunciation – NV1
5. Joseph’s home workshop – NV2
6. Joseph’s first burial – NV3
7. Mary’s neighbour or relative? – NV5
8. The first church in Nazareth – NV4
9. Joseph’s public workshop? – NC2
10. The Nazareth synagogue – NC1
11. The Nazareth execution locality – NC8
12. The Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor – T1
APPENDICES
A: Other sites of interest
B: The history of two Nazareths
C: How Nazareth became Yafia/Japhia
D: A Catholic source for Nazareth sites
E: Prophetic signposts of the Messiah
REFERENCE SECTION
Glossary
Alpha-numeric site codes
(All sites are allocated a code for cross reference
Index
Promotion: The Nazareth Series
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This book’s relating of the biblical accounts to the sites of Nazareth that we know today is a welcome contribution. It gives support to the reliability of the Gospel texts
.
Ray Pritz Ph.D, former Director, Bible Society in Israel.
Trevor Harris provides challenging material that requires a re-think on the understanding of traditional Nazareth. The historical analysis has good correlation to biblical time frames
.
Dr Murray Adamthwaite Ph.D, historian, theologian.
The information in this book will help pastors and teachers to illustrate the Gospel events in Nazareth. The reflections will help those keen to know more about the life of Jesus.
Rev. Frank Eames Th.M, pastor and Bible College lecturer.
JESUS OF NAZARETH
Illus. 01 The three language inscriptions on the plaque of Jesus’ cross. Image source unknown.
Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross.
And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS. Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.
John 19:19–20
The plaque on Jesus’ cross decreed by Roman Governor Pontius Pilate has aroused debate over the centuries. The first part has raised the question of the size and location of Nazareth described as a city in the gospel accounts. The second is the messianic title that was rejected by many of the Jews. This book explains the mystery of the city of Nazareth and its key sites associated with Jesus’ life.
THE LIGHT OF ZEBULUN
And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: The Land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned
.
Matthew 4:13-16
When consulting many modern Bible maps the tribal area of Zebulun is shown as a land-locked enclave centred on the Nazareth region. However the biblical references to Zebulun clearly indicate that the tribal boundaries are located near a haven for ships
. The tribal emblem of Zebulun is a ship. Both patriarch Jacob and prophet Moses made predictions about this tribe.
•Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea, He shall become a haven for ships, and his border shall adjoin Sidon
(Jacob in Genesis 49:13).
•Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out … for they shall partake of the abundance of the seas and the treasures hidden in the sand
(Moses in Deuteronomy 33:18-19).
A careful examination of the boundaries listed in Joshua 19:10–16 with the archaeological and topographical evidence can show that Zebulun corresponds to the historical and modern region known as the ‘Lower Galilee’. This was certainly the understanding of Jewish historian Josephus who wrote: "As for the Galilee which