כְּפַר נַחוּם | |
_on_the_shore_of_the_Lake_of_Galilee,_Northern_Israel.jpg) Capernaum synagogue | |
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| Location | Israel |
|---|---|
| Region | Sea of Galilee |
| Coordinates | 32°52′52″N 35°34′30″E / 32.88111°N 35.57500°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Cultures | Hasmonean, Jewish, Roman |
| Site notes | |
| Condition | Ruined |
Capernaum (/kəˈpɜːrneɪəm, -niəm/ kə-PUR-nay-əm, -nee-əm;[1] Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic: كَفْرْ نَاحُومْ, romanized: Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee.[2] It had a population of about 1,500 in the 1st century AD.[3] Archaeological excavations have revealed two ancient synagogues built one over the other.[4] A house turned into a church by the Byzantines is held by Christian tradition to have been the home of Saint Peter.[4]
The village was inhabited continuously from the 2nd century BC to the 11th century AD, when it was abandoned sometime before the First Crusade.[5] This includes the re-establishment of the village northeast of the earlier location in c. 700, during the Early Islamic period.[5]
- ^ "Capernaum". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ Freedman, DN 2000, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible, Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Reed 2002[page needed]
- ^ a b "Capernaum-City of Jesus and its Jewish Synagogue". Consulate General of Israel to the Mid-Atlantic. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ a b Gideon Avni (2014). The Byzantine-Islamic Transition in Palestine: An Archaeological Approach. Oxford Studies in Byzantium. Oxford University Press. pp. 88–89, 90 for site plan of Early Muslim period village. ISBN 9780199684335. Retrieved 15 April 2016.