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Christian Texts and History • What is the earliest evidence that Nazareth was called Nazareth?

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The Piacenza pilgrim's account (around 570 CE) reads like pure fiction, imho the localization seems to be completely unclear.

V. — Nazareth

Thence we came to the city of Nazareth, in which there are many excellent things. In the synagogue there is still the book from which our Lord was set to learn ABC. In the synagogue, too, is the bench upon which our Lord used to sit with the other children. This bench can be moved and lifted up by Christians ; but Jews cannot by any means stir it; nor does it permit itself to be carried out of doors. The house of the Blessed Mary is a basilica, and many cures are wrought in it by her garments. In the city the beauty of the Hebrew women is so great, that no more beautiful women are found among the Hebrews ; and this they say was granted them by the Blessed Mary, who they say was their mother. And though the Hebrews have no love for Christians, yet these women are all full of charity for them. This province is like a park, in corn and produce it is like Egypt ; but it excels in wine and oil, fruits, and honey. Millet, too, is there unnaturally tall, higher than the stature of a tall man.

VI.— Tabor ; Neapolis,

From Nazareth we came to Mount Tabor ...

Statistics: Posted by Kunigunde Kreuzerin — Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:05 pm



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