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Capernaum

c. 20-100 CE · Israel

A basalt lakeshore village became a major setting in Gospel traditions about Jesus' teaching and activity.

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How the setting appeared

Basalt courtyard houses, gravel streets, boats, nets and food-processing areas stood beside the Sea of Galilee.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUSCIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGESCIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORYCIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY Setting and material context · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Households combined fishing, farming, craft and regional market ties.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUSCIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGESCIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORYCIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY Lifeways and community · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Fishing crews, farmers, builders, traders and toll administration supported village life.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUSCIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGESCIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORYCIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY Work, tools and exchange · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

The community was Jewish; the visible white limestone synagogue is later and should not appear in a 30 CE scene.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUSCIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGESCIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORYCIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Classical regional worlds
Region: West Asia · Israel
Languages and scripts: Aramaic (Aramaic script; regional vernacular); Hebrew (Hebrew script; religious and literary use); Greek (Greek script; regional lingua franca)
Important people: Jesus of Nazareth; Simon Peter
Events and changes: First century CE: archaeology documents a Jewish lakeshore settlement at Capernaum.; First century CE: early Christian texts make Capernaum a setting for Jesus's activity and associate Simon Peter with the village; archaeology cannot verify those individual episodes.; Fifth century CE or later: an octagonal church was built over a domestic complex later identified by Christian tradition with Peter.
Evidence confidence: Archaeology establishes a first-century Jewish village and later Christian veneration at a domestic complex; identifying that complex as Peter's house is traditional and archaeologically unproved.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUSCIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGESCIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORYCIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUSCIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGESCIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORYCIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 4 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-CAPERNAUM-JESUS

Capernaum: record evidence guide

https://www.custodia.org/en/sanctuaries/capernaum/

custodia.org

CIT-CORE035-ROMAN-PALESTINE-LANGUAGES

Three Languages in Hellenistic and Roman Palestine

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/languages-of-the-jews/three-languages-in-hellenistic-and-roman-palestine/A915EA571995BB4BC01144130AB1C8BF

Cambridge University Press

CIT-CORE035-NEW-TESTAMENT-HISTORY

How Does the New Testament Relate to History?

https://www.bibleodyssey.org/articles/how-does-the-new-testament-relate-to-history/

Bible Odyssey, Society of Biblical Literature

CIT-CORE035-CAPERNAUM-ARCHAEOLOGY

Capernaum

https://academic.oup.com/british-academy-scholarship-online/book/57508/chapter/467272568

British Academy Scholarship Online, Oxford University Press

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