The Myth of Nazareth: The Invented Town of Jesus (73 page)

Nazareth Basin:
settlement in —xiii; Canaanites enter —45; description and history of —19; earliest pottery from (
Illus
. 1.4) —34; end of settlement in —47; Jezreel Valley relations with —40; map of venerated sites in —24; Zebulon tribe in relation to —46; doctrine of continuous habitation in —83; end of habitation in —59; end of physical record in, in Late Iron Age —60; no Persian Period settlement in —63; no Hellenistic settlement in —104; nearby finds outside —204; Roman Period tombs of —164;
terminus ante quem
for settlement of —172; floor of, discussion and description of —226; topography of  (
Illus
.5.1) —218

Nazareth et Ses Deux Eglises
:
of Père Viaud —xiv, 64

Nazareth Hills:
Iron I settlements among —45

Nazareth Range:
map of —22; orientation and significance of —19; significance of —19; Galilee settlement patterns in relation to  136

Nazareth Ridge:
as physical divide —19

Nazareth Village project:
 —205

‘Nazorean
’: as invention of redactor of Matthew —303; in
Gospel of Philip
, abstract meaning of —299; question of meaning of term —xii

Nazorean heresy:
appearance of —267

Nazoreans:
Paul as ringleader of sect of —xii; no part in 2nd revolt —268

Nazrat Illit:
—37

Neanderthal Man:
at Jebel Qafza —23; extinction of —25

Nebi Sa‘in (Jebel):
  —19, 68, 70, 74, 180, 193; ancient village not on slopes of —77; attempts to show Roman Nazareth on flanks of —70; el Batris tomb near crest of —180; site of casting down in relation to cliff on —202; proposed settlement there among tombs —223; reasons why not inhabited at time of Jesus —217; steepness of slope of —230; tradition of habitation on slope of —211; venerated area claims in relation to —217; tombs of —269

Nebuchadnezzar:
—61,
62

Necropolis:
Bronze Age, Franciscan property as —54; on Nebi Sa‘in —77; at Nazareth —132; Bagatti’s location of —221

Neuville, René:
excavates Cave of the Leap at Jebel Qafza —23

New Account of Christian Origins, A
:
forthcoming book by Salm  —158

New International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology, The
:
Nazareth article in —91

New Testament:
scribes and Pharisees in —267

Nicene Christians:
—278

Nineveh:
—61

Non-funerary finds:
description of —275

Northern Kingdom:
Assyrian conquest of in 722 BCE —47

Noth, Martin:
— 4

Notsrim:
—267

Nozzles:
Hellenistic —116,
118; (
Illus
. 3.4)  —115; lamp of Galilee boat in relation to —119; No. 2 of Bagatti —113; No. 26 of Bagatti —113; of Hellenistic lamps —110,
111,
114; of oil lamps (
Illus
. 4.2) —166

O

Oil lamps:
   —39, 106, 158,
160,
169,
173,
175,
177,
179,
180,
181,
184,
185,
193,
196,
197,
201,
202,
205,
206, 245, 247; bow-spouted  —106, 158,
160,
168,
169,
172,
173,
175,
177,
178,
179,
202,
206; called Herodian —167; Hellenistic —104,
111; Herodian —111, 246; Roman —178, 185; Roman, of local pottery tradition (
Illus
. 3.5) —117; of Roman Period (
Illus
. 3.1) —107; Walters dating of Palestinian appearance of —167; Nurit Feig in relation to —116; of Galilee boat, Varda Sussman dating of —119; Richmond —111,
130; typical Palestinian; (
Illus
. 3.3) —112;  Smith’s 2 subtypes of (
Illus
. 4.4) —171; Darom —167; discussion of ancient —165, 185; earliest at Nazareth (
Illus
. 4.3) —170; Palestinian (
Illus
. 4.2) —166; independent dating of Nazareth (Appendix 5) —325

Olive:
—28,
47

Olive press:
—104;
See also
Presses

Onomasticon
:
of Eusebius —293

Ordinance of Caesar:
(Edict of Nazareth) —190

Origen:
—294; 3 different spellings of ‘Nazareth’—  297

Ossuaries:
 —182,
187,
188,
191,
198; discussion of —187

Ovens:
—40

Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
:
Nazareth article by Strange in —137; article by Strange in, domestic installations in relation to —193

P

Palaeography:
 —191

Paleolithic:
chronology of —23

Palestine:
by 2200 BCE no urban settlements left in —32; demise of cities in —31; map of —20; relations with Egypt —31; Alexander’s conquest of —99; chronology of kokh tomb use in (
Illus
. 4.1) —162

Panarion
:
of Epiphanius, Count Joseph of Tiberias in —278

Parthians:
invade Palestine in 40 BCE —154

Paul of Tarsus:
as “ringleader of the sect of the Nazoreans” in Acts —xii

Paula:
visits Nazareth in 386 —294

Pauline Christians:
no part in 2nd revolt —268

Peaceful infiltration model:
—44

Peasants’ revolt model:
—44

Pella:
—100

Peloponnesian Wars:
—98

Perea:
given to Herod Antipas —155

Persecution:
Neronian —291; of Jesus-followers by Jews —268

Persia:
—98

Persian Period:
chronological chart of  59, discussion of —62; evidence of lacking in Nazareth basin —60

Peter the Deacon:
De Locis Sanctis
of —215; cites Egeria on shrine at Nazareth —293

Pharisees:
 —154; in ascendancy —266; in New Testament —267

Phasael:
 —154

Philadelphia:
—100

Philip
(son of Herod):
given southern Syria  —155

Philip of Macedon:
—98

Philistines:
—43,
46

Philoteria:
—100

Phoenicians:
—111

Photograph:
of modern Nazareth from SE —26; of Roman Catholic Church of the Annunciation —230

Pilgrimages:
CA as principal focus of —21; to Holy Land —292

Pilgrims:
the expectations of, locations of domiciles of Mary and Joseph in relation to —218; first Christian, Mary’s cave in relation to —211

Pliny the Younger:
letter to Trajan —291

Poleis
:
establishment of
—136

Polis
:
attributes of the —100

Pompey:
—98, 153; Roman conquest under —98; entry into Jerusalem —153

Population:
of Nazareth —226–228

Post-Paleolithic:
chronology of —23

Potter’s wheel:
—29; cessation of use of —32

Pottery:
—27,
29,
30,
36,
39, 160,
167,
172,
173,
174,
175,
176,
177,
179,
181,
184,
196,
197,
198,
199,
200,
201; absence of 7th-century in Lower Galilee —48; (Appendix 6) —328; beginnings of —28; earliest (
Illus
. 1.4) —34; found only in tombs —36; manufacture of poor-quality —32; of Middle Bronze Age —35; Megiddo in relation to —40; of Nazareth, Bagatti on —30; workshops —40; Nazareth —64; earliest, Finegan in relation to —87; earliest, Nancy Lapp on —115; earliest (Appendix 5) —325;
alleged 1st-century —175; no objective study of from Nazareth —177;

Pre-Paleolithic:
chronology of —23

Presses:
—195–197, 234,
238; olive —104; wine —88, 195, 221,
233,
234,
248,
256

Priestly Courses:
in Caesarea Inscription —276

Procurator
(
epitropos
):
Hyrcanus II
as Judean   —154

Protestants:
  —86, 97

Protevangelium of James
:
—76, 212,
214,
215,
228; Greek Orthodox following of in locating Mary’s home —228; places Jesus’ hometown in Judea —295

Proto-Cro-Magnon:
at Qafza cave —25

Ptolemaic Period:
  in Palestine —98

Ptolemais:
See
 
Acco

Purity taboos:
Jewish
—184,
258

Q

Q Document:
Nazara in —301