The Myth of Nazareth: The Invented Town of Jesus (69 page)

Constantius II:
Council of Milan in relation to —278; earliest Nazareth coins dating to   —196

Constructions
: absence of from Nazareth  —130

Continuity:
in Jewish settlement in Galilee; disproof of theory —48; in settlement at Nazareth, Vatican needing  —71

Continuous  habitation: —
97; Bagatti’s assertion of  130; doctrine of  111; Jack Finegan supports doctrine of  124; discussion of question of  —64; myth of; Chapter Two  —57; at Nazareth, secondary references to  —86; Catholic doctrine of  —61, 74; discussion of doctrine of  —82;  coy insinuation of  —79; Finegan’s acceptance of  —87;
doctrine of,  Finegan’s continued promotion of   —201

Cooking pots:
—175,
176,
177,
180; of Roman Period  —123,
 

Copper:
—27,
28; objects found at Nahal Mishmar —28

Corpses:
ritual uncleanness of —219

Council of Milan:
—278

Count Joseph of Tiberias:
—211,
256,
257; burial site of —256; Tomb 29 in relation to —257; builds churches in Holy Land —282; Epiphanius on —278

Courses, Priestl
y
:
in Caesarea Inscription —276

Crossan, J. Dominic:
  —141, 163, 196,
198,
199,
207;
Excavating Jesus
of Reed and, as example of secondary literature  —198;
The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant
of; quotation from  

Crusader cemetery:
sarcophagi in relation to  —189

Crusader church:
—174

Crusaders:
—76,79, 244,
249,
250; build over Byzantine structure   —183; allegedly buried people at site of the Annunciation —250

Custodia di Terra Santa:
—72, 229;
Franciscan ownership of venerated sites in relation to —xiv

Cyrene:
Jews in —268

Cyrus the Persian:
—62

D

Dalman, Gustav:
—222,
223; proposes ‘Ain ed-Jedide as center of Jesus’ settlement —222

Dames
de Nazareth:
See also
 Sisters of Nazareth, convent of; rolling stone-sealed tomb under   —187, 196; Strange alleges Herodian tomb at convent of   —161

Daniel (Abbot):
—254,
255

Daniel, Book of:
  102; writing of  102

Darom:
 —167,
172,
179,
206

Darius:
  62, 98

Darius I:
—62

Darius the Great:
  —98

Dating:
of Nazareth lamps and pottery, Appendix 5 cataloging independent —325

David, King:
—46,
47

De Locis Sanctis
:
of
Peter the Deacon
—215

Dead Sea Scrolls
: Wicked Priest of  —102

Decapolis:
  —100,
101

Decius:
Conon martyred during reign of —258

Déjà
:
  —78,
88,
89;
See also
 “Already”

Deines
,
Roland:
—182,
183,
184;
on duration of hand-made stone vessels —183; on stone vessels —182

Demolition:
of 1730 CA  —74

Desposynoi
(relatives of Jesus):
Domitian summons them for questioning —81; mentioned by Julius Africanus —296

Dessel, J.:
on defining “Israelite” —45

Dever, William:
on objective archaeology —xv; on destruction of Palestinian cities —41

Diadochi:
—99

Dictionary of Judaism in the Biblical Period
:
quotation from  —143

Dictionnaire de la Bible
:
Bagatti’s article in —77,  220

Dio Cassius:
—268

Diocaesarea:
—266;
See also
  Sepphoris; Sepphoris renamed as —148

Dion:
—100

Dissimulation:
in Bagatti’s writing —177

Dogma:
attempts to reconcile archaeology with  —67

Domestic installations:
discussion of use of term —193

Domitian:
story of his summoning relatives of Jesus for questioning  81; grandchildren of Jude called before —297

Dor:
  —100

Dromos:
—38

E

“
Earliest
”
:
Finegan’s misleading use of word  —88;
New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology
use of word  —91

Eben-Ezer:
—46

Ebla:
destruction of —31

Ecclesiastical History
:
of Eusebius, Nazareth in Galilee missing in crucial episode —297

Edict of Nazareth:
discussion of —189

Egeria:
shown cave in which Mary lived —261;  attests to simple shrine at Nazareth—  293

Egypt:
—43,
54,
99,
61,
62,
63,109; collapse of Old Kingdom —32; Hyksos rule of —41; Megiddo as administrative center for —43; relations with Palestine —31; Cambyses II conquers  —62; Jews in —268

El Batris Tomb:
See
 
Tombs, El Batris

Eleasar:
 —156

Eleasar:
son of Jairi; at Masada —156

Elephantine:
—62

Ellel:
—280

Elut:
See
  Ailut

‘En ed-Jedide (New Well):
See also
‘Ain ed-Jedide; location of —21

Encyclopedia Judaica
: 
—
89,
90; account of Nazareth in  —131

Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land
:
Hellenistic finds noted in  —123

Ephesus:
lamp types at  —117

Ephraim:
—46,
47

Epiphanius:
on Count Joseph of Tiberias —278

Eschel, H.:
 —181,
183

Essenes:
 —154

Ethnarch:
Hyrcanus II —153

Eusebius:
story of Domitian summoning relatives of Jesus for questioning —81; first to site Nazareth in Lower Galilee —295;
Onomasticon
of —293; on Jewish persecution of Jesus-followers —268

Eusebius of Vercelli: —
278

Excavating Jesus
:
of Crossan & Reed; as example of secondary literature —198

Excavation
: in Nazareth basin —xiv

Excavations in Nazareth
:
of Father Bellarmino Bagatti —xiv, 111,
120,
127; as most-cited source for secondary literature  —85; general discussion of  —84; quotation from —128,
129,
130,
131,
132,
134, 174; confusion in figures in —176; uncertainty of sources of artefacts reported therein —246; itemization of Bronze-Age artefacts in —311

F

Faïence:
—41, 63

Fakr ed-Din:
Druse emir —229

Farming:
beginnings of —28

Feig, Nurit:
— 116, 167,
169,
181,
188,
205; lamps found by  119; lamp types in relation to  116

Fernandez, F. Diez:
—116,
164,
169,
172,
174;
Ceramica Comun Romana de la Galilea
of  116, 271; independent dating of Nazareth lamps by (Appendix 5) —326

Figurines:
—63

Finegan, Jack:
—158,
162,
179,
194,
197,
198,
200,
201, 251,
252,
260;
New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology
borrowing from —91;
The Archaeology of the New Testament
of  —86;  1992 publication stating continuous habitation at Nazreth —125; Great Hiatus obliterated by in 1992 —125; supports doctrine of continuous habitation  —124; on kokh tomb —158; promotion of doctrine of continuous habitation —201; his
The Archaeology of the New Testament
ignores tomb at house of Virgin Mary —252; map ignores tombs in venerated area —260

Finkelstein, Israel:
on Iron Age silos —49; on demise of Palestinian cities —31; on rise of Megiddo —29

First Jewish Revolt:   —
155,
173,
178,
183; Sepphoris in relation to  148;
discussion of causes of —155; Nazareth alleged survival through   —178; Nazareth settled after —173; Nazareth settlement commencing after —206; alleged evidence of habitation during —270

Flavia Neapolis:
—266

Franciscan
cloister:
  —65,
66