Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Capernaum
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
==History== {{further|Sea of Galilee Boat}} Archaeological evidence demonstrates that the town was established in the 2nd century BC during the [[Hasmonean]] period, when several fishing villages sprang up around the lake. The site had no defensive wall and extended along the northwestern shore of the lake. The cemetery zone is found {{Convert|200|m|ft|sp=us}} north of the synagogue, which places it beyond the inhabited area of the town. The historic site of Capernaum is {{Convert|2.5|km|mi|sp=us}} from [[Tabgha]],<ref name="IMFA2">{{cite web |title=Tabgha |url=https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFA-Archive/2000/Pages/Tabgha.aspx |website=Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs |access-date=23 August 2020}}</ref> an area which appears to have been used for agricultural purposes, judging by the many oil and grain mills which were discovered in the excavation. Fishing was a major source of income; the remains of an ancient harbor were found to the west of the modern one built by the [[Franciscans]]. No sources have been found for the belief that Capernaum was involved in the bloody Jewish revolts against the Romans, the [[First Jewish–Roman War]] (AD 66–73) or [[Bar Kokhba's revolt]] (132–135), although there is reason to believe that [[Josephus]], one of the Jewish generals during the earlier revolt, was taken to Capernaum (which he called {{lang|grc|Κεφαρνωκόν}}, ''Kepharnōkón''<ref name="tufts" />) after a fall from his horse in nearby Bethsaida.<ref name="tufts">[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=J.+Vit.+72&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0149 Josephus, ''Vita'' 72, original text in Greek]</ref><ref name="SacredTexts">[http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/josephus/autobiog.htm Josephus, ''Vita'', English translation]</ref> Josephus refers to Capernaum as a fertile spring (Wars – Book III, 10, 8). As early as AD 530, Capernaum was mentioned in the [[De Situ Terrae Sanctae|writings of Theodosius]] the [[archdeacon]] who said that it was situated, as one goes northward from [[Tiberias]], two miles from [[Tabgha]] (Heptapegon) and six miles short of Bethsaida along the same route.<ref>Rami Arav & Richard Freund (eds.), ''Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee'', vol. 3, Truman State University 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=_KIKUyQHJNQC&pg=PR12 xii], {{ISBN|1-931112-38-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Tsafrir |first=Yoram |title=The Maps Used by Theodosius: On the Pilgrim Maps of the Holy Land and Jerusalem in the Sixth Century C.E. |journal=Dumbarton Oaks Papers|volume=40|pages=129–145 |date=1986|jstor=1291534 |doi=10.2307/1291534}}</ref> The town was abandoned in the 11th century.<ref name="IMFA1" /> [[Monastery of the Holy Apostles]], a Greek Orthodox church and monastery, was built there in 1931.
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)