Tag: Synagogue
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Nazareth Village (A Living History)
Nazareth Village, a living history attraction in modern Nazareth city does their best to show village life during the era of Jesus Christ. Nazareth Village tries very hard to show all tools, common occupations, and buildings as they would appear during the Roman period in history. It has managed quite well to recreate a first… Read more
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Nazareth, The Lord’s Childhood Village
There is a verse that bothered me before I did some research on it, “And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.” Matthew 2:23. As you read the Gospel of Matthew you will notice that Matthew… Read more
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The Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel
This week I am taking a little side trip from Biblical sites to other Holyland sites; I shall return to Biblical sites next week. The Great Synagogue in Jerusalem was built to replace the Hurva (also spelt Churva) Synagogue in the Old City which was destroyed by the Palestinians and Jordanians in the 1948 War… Read more