Posted by:
amartin
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Date: April 10, 2012 11:55AM
here was your comment to my questioning of whether Nazareth existed at the time of Jesus' Birth:
"In 2009 a house dating to the time of Jesus was found in Nazareth. Ehrman discusses this at great length in his book and the discovery of the house was covered at the time.
http://articles.cnn.com/2009-12-21/world/nazareth.home_1_nazareth-jesus-byzantine-period?_s=PM:WORLD"
I know it pains you to read actual information, rather than mis-worded press releases, but here is a better document:
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Residential_building_time_Jesus_Nazareth_21-Dec-2009.htmHere is the full quote about when this building was dated:
" The artifacts recovered from inside the building were few and mostly included fragments of pottery vessels from the Early Roman period (the first and second centuries CE). "
So now, dating a town to the first or second century is "proof" that this existed around the year 0? We already know that this "hamlet" existed around the end of the first century from other sources.
If this find is your grand proof that a town existed, you are grasping at straws.