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What has Cana to do with Capernaum?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2002

PETER RICHARDSON
PETER RICHARDSON
Affiliation:
University College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1
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Abstract

The significant differences on geographical matters between the Synoptics with their sources and John with its sources – especially the question of Jesus' ‘place’ – should not be resolved simply in favour of Mark. Cana as a place in John is almost as significant as Capernaum in Mark; this is the case in the first century, the gospel narratives and the pilgrim tradition. Both Cana and Capernaum show the continuing vitality of Jewish and Christian communities into the Byzantine period, so that the archaeological investigation of Khirbet Qana will be increasingly significant for historical questions.

Type
Research Article
Information
New Testament Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , July 2002 , pp. 314 - 331
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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