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06-06-2012, 10:39 AM
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First-century synagogue at Capernaum?
Xian friend visiting Galilee tells me archaeologists have discovered a C1 synagogue under a C4 synagogue at Capernaum.
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06-06-2012, 10:47 AM
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its a grey rock base and its only possibly a C1 if it is nothing is known about it, and it carries no weight towards a HJ |
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06-06-2012, 10:48 AM
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Agree it's irrelevant to HJ. Just wondering about it though cos sometimes NT-critics suggest synagogues didn't exist in Jesus' time in Galilee. I guess if it was only C1 then it could be post-70 anyway.
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06-06-2012, 10:57 AM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum
The synagogue appears to have been built around the fourth or 5th century. Beneath the foundation of this synagogue lies another foundation made of basalt, and Loffreda suggests that this is the foundation of a synagogue from the 1st century, perhaps the one mentioned in the Gospels (Loffreda, 1974). Later excavation work was attempted underneath the synagogue floor, but while Loffreda claimed to have found a paved surface, others are of the opinion that this was an open, paved market area. |
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