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Igel

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7. The backwaterness of Nazareth is something I learned about a long time ago.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 11:29 AM

Dec 2017

Recently--in the last year or two--I learned about Sepphoris.

It was the administrative capital of Galilee. It was a major trading center for the area and a military outpost.

It was 5 km from Nazareth, if the location we think Nazareth was in actually was Nazareth. 5 km's a bit more than 3 miles. That's an hour's walk.

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