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Apr 10, 2024 · Beginning in 1957, the Jewish suburb called Naẕerat ʿIllit (“Upper Naẕareth”) was built on the hills to the east of the city. It has auto-assembly, food-processing, and textile plants; some of Nazareth’s Arabs work there. It also is the administrative seat of Israel ’s Northern district. Pop. (2010 est.) 73,000.
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Nazareth is the largest Arab city in Israel. [115] In 2009, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics reported that Nazareth's Arab population was 69% Muslim and 30.9% Christian. [116] The greater Nazareth metropolitan area had a population of 210,000, including 125,000 Arabs (59%) and 85,000 Jews (41%).
- +972 (Israel)
- 2200 BC (Early settlement), AD 300 (Major city)
- 347 m (1,138 ft)
- Israel
The earliest archaeological discoveries were made at the convent in the 1880s, but despite over 80 years of subsequent excavation, the site was almost entirely unpublished until 2006 when the Nazareth Archaeological Project re-examined it. There are several first-century phases of activity at the Sisters of Nazareth convent.
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Earliest history and archaeological evidence
Archaeological research has revealed a funerary and cultcenter at Kfar HaHoresh, about two miles from Nazareth, dating roughly 9,000 years ago, in what is known as the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B era. The remains of some 65 individuals were found, buried under huge horizontal headstone structures, some of which consisted of up to three tons of locally produced white plaster. Decorated human skulls found there have led archaeologists to believe that Kfar HaHoresh was a major cult center in that re...
New Testament associations
According to the New Testament, Nazareth was the home of Joseph and Mary, the site of the Annunciation when Mary was told by the angel Gabriel that she would have Jesusas her son, and the location where Jesus grew up from his infancy to manhood. Saint Mary's Well, which housed a spring that for centuries was Nazareth's only water supply, may represent a contemporary historical connection to the New Testament story. In the apocryphal Protoevangelium of James, the Annunciation takes place not i...
The Middle Ages
Jerome, writing in the fifth century, says Nazareth was still a viculus, a mere village, in his day. In the sixth century, however, legends about Marybegan to spark interest in the site among pilgrims, who founded the Church of the Annunciation at the site of a freshwater spring, today known as St. Mary's Well. Control over Galilee and Nazareth shifted frequently during Crusades, with corresponding impact on the religious makeup of the population. In 1099 C.E., the crusader Tancred captured G...
Nazareth today has a population of around 80,000. The majority of residents are Arab citizens of Israel, about 35 to 40 percent of whom are Christians and 55 to 60 percent are Muslims. The adjacent city of Nazareth Illit has a population of 44,000 Israeli Jews. Nazareth features many churches and other religious sites. Most notable of these is the ...
Benedict XVI, Pope. Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration. New York: Doubleday, 2007. ISBN 9780385523417.Eisenman, R. James the Brother of Jesus: The Key to Unlocking Early Christianity and the Dead Sea Scrolls. New York: Penguin Books, 1998. ISBN 9780140257731.Emmett, Chad F. Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. ISBN 9780226207117.Israeli, Raphael. Green Crescent Over Nazareth: The Displacement of Christians by Muslims in the Holy Land. Portland, OR: F. Cass, 2002. ISBN 9780714652580.All links retrieved November 14, 2018. 1. Nazareth Official City WebsiteIn Hebrew and English 2. Nazareth sourcebook
Sep 26, 2023 · What makes Nazareth significant is that, as Scripture tells, it was the childhood hometown of Jesus. Jesus certainly made this otherwise unimportant village highly significant. “He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read” ( Luke 4:16 ).
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Nov 24, 2023 · Antal Ligeti, “Nazareth,” 1862 (photo: Public Domain) Nazareth was a very small town when Jesus was born. When my wife and I visited there in 2014, our tour guide told us that it was scarcely ...
NAZARETH naz’ ə rĭth ( Ναζαρέτ, Ναζαρέθ, and other forms. Meaning uncertain, but perhaps related to Heb. nazir meaning separated or nēṩěr meaning branch. Cf. Matt 2:23 ). A city in Galilee, the home of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. About halfway between the S end of the Sea of Galilee and Mt. Carmel is the town of Nazareth.
