Click picture, Nazareth Village, 2 m. 17 s. video clip
What did Jesus usually work with as a carpenter in Israel? What is so special about Olive trees? Who were the people that made Nazareth Village so special?
Poet & Peasant and Through Peasant Eyes, by Kenneth Bailey, was a book that opened my eyes to Christ’s parables in the same way Nazareth Village did. The people in his parables were peasants. They lived their lives so simply compared to what we know today.
I learned in Israel that Jesus was himself affected by an agricultural-based culture as much as traffic affects us today. Even if you don’t have a car, you must get rides, use public transit, or at least be careful as a pedestrian. And you see them everywhere. Even though fisherman spent most of their time fishing, they’d have to either buy produce or be involved in gathering it themselves, at times.
So why would this matter to us? And how would the parables have more significance to us if we got their context better? Here’s a better glimpse into this world, for you to find out for yourself.
Click picture, Nazareth Village, 2 m. 38 s.
Click picture, Nazareth Village, 3 m. 14 s.
What was involved in terrace farming of the first century? How would that affect the lives of farmers in hilly land versus a flat valley? The implications reach into the parables and numerous other aspects of their lives.
How did they make wine? What seems gross now that back then was as necessary as machinery and technology is to us today? And why was it necessary?
What do we learn about the hill that local tradition in Israel says is where the mad mob was about to throw Jesus down headlong? What do we learn from the Torah about stoning?
How did they make olive oil? Gethsemane was a place where olive oil was in mass production. What parallel would the disciples think of in hindsight, looking back at Gethsemane, after Jesus rose again?
Click picture, Nazareth Village, 4 m. 2 s.
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This stuff is great! Check it out, about half an hour but real interesting
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted. I read this book recently & enjoyed it as much as Joachim Jeremias, which says a lot :)
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I like AI (Artificial Intelligence) improving my pictures in my blogs, although I hope in the future it can improve them more. AI is recent technology & usually the 1st versions of anything improves with time. I never liked pictures of Jesus for a few reasons (i.e. accuracy is only 1 reason), but would like them better if his face was mostly hidden by the angle &/or his clothing. Yet I felt I needed pictures to display what my blogs were about. So I look forward to improving this in time.
So it turned out to be too much this year for my student to get my recent research database available online, we went back to the demo from up-to 2016 research again. Perhaps if I get 1-2 real good student next year it may be within reach now, but I'm content with researching off-line & with hopes my programmer/friend will find time to do it eventually.
Check out my YouTube Account (www.youtube.com/@tourisrael). Just keep in mind the YouTube Account play lists are still under construction as of July 6, 2024, which will soon show all my documentary links. You may want to check out my trailer for the documentary, too:
Did you read your Bible lately?
Heather, May 2023
