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Chorazin was a village in northern
Galilee, two and a half miles from
Capernaum and the
Sea of Galilee. The site is an
excavated ruin today, but was inhabited starting in the
1st century. It is associated with modern day Kerazeh.
The majority of the structures are made from black
basalt, a volcanic rock found locally. The main settlement dates to the 3rd and 4th centuries. A significant feature is a 3rd century
synagogue that was destroyed in the 4th century and rebuilt in the 5th. A
mikvah, or ritual bath, was also found at the site. The handful of olive
millstones used in
olive oil extraction found suggest a reliance on the olive for economic purposes, like a number of other villages in ancient Galilee.
Chorazin, along with
Bethsaida and Capernaum, was named in the
New Testament gospels of
Matthew and
Luke as "cities" (more likely just villages) in which
Jesus performed "mighty works". However, because these towns rejected his work ("they hadn't changed their ways" -Matt11:20SV), they were subsequently cursed (; ).
Biblical scholars who accept the
two-source hypothesis state that this story originally came from the
Q document. Despite this textual evidence, archaeologists have not yet been successful in finding a settlement dating to the 1st century.
In addition to the reference in the gospels, Chorazin is mentioned in the Babylonian
Talmud, (Menahot, 85a) as town known for its grain.
Due to the condemnation of Jesus, some early Medieval writers believed that the Antichrist would be born in Chorazin, an idea which was referenced by
MR James in his story "Count Magnus."
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