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The Sisters of Nazareth Convent - A Roman-period, Byzantine, and Crusader site in central Nazareth (Hardcover)
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The Sisters of Nazareth Convent - A Roman-period, Byzantine, and Crusader site in central Nazareth (Hardcover)
Series: The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual
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This book transforms archaeological knowledge of Nazareth by
publishing over 80 years of archaeological work at the Sisters of
Nazareth convent, including a detailed re-investigation in the
early twenty-first century under the author's direction. Although
one of the world's most famous places and of key importance to
understanding early Christianity, Nazareth has attracted little
archaeological attention. Following a chance discovery in the
1880s, the site was initially explored by the nuns of the convent
themselves - one of the earliest examples of a major programme of
excavations initiated and directed by women - and then for decades
by Henri Senes, whose excavations (like those of the nuns) have
remained almost entirely unpublished. Their work revealed a complex
sequence, elucidated and dated by twenty-first century study,
beginning with a partly rock-cut Early Roman-period domestic
building, followed by Roman-period quarrying and burial, a
well-preserved cave-church, and major surface-level Byzantine and
Crusader churches. The interpretation and broader implications of
each phase of activity are discussed in the context of recent
studies of Roman-period, Byzantine, and later archaeology and
contemporary archaeological theory, and their relationship to
written accounts of Nazareth is also assessed. The Sisters of
Nazareth Convent provides a crucial archaeological study for those
wishing to understand the archaeology of Nazareth and its place in
early Christianity and beyond.
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