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<blockquote data-quote="Nisarg" data-source="post: 1750207" data-attributes="member: 19893">Sorry, aparently you did...All archeological evidence points to the fact that Nazareth was not a town until 150CE, when it was founded by Jewish priests fleeing the Hadriatic wars.&nbsp; It wasn't known as &quot;nazareth&quot; until three centuries later, when catholic authorities &quot;discovered&quot; that this town must have been Jesus' hometown (this after not being able to find Nazareth on any maps).There are several possibilities, as to the name &quot;nazarene&quot;.. it could have been that Jesus was a member of the Nazorean sect, who later abandoned its core tenets in favour of a more moderate philosophy. It also could have indictated the term Nassorene, a hellenized form of the Hebrew&nbsp; &quot;nachash&quot; (literally &quot;the serpent&quot;), which may in turn have been either a reference to some kind of serpentine quality (he did once say that people should be 'wise as serpents'), or it could have meant he was known as a sorcerer or magician. For reference regarding these facts, please see:Robert Eisenman, &quot;The dead sea scrolls and the first christians&quot;Robert Eisenman, &quot;James the brother of Jesus&quot;Stephen Flowers, &quot;Hermetic Magic&quot;Robert Funk &amp; the Jesus Seminar, &quot;The Five Gospels&quot;Those are all relatively readable for the layperson.NisargReligious History university professor, ex-assistant to the Jesus Seminar (the foremost legitimate academic authority on early christianity in the English-speaking world)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nisarg, post: 1750207, member: 19893"] Sorry, aparently you did...All archeological evidence points to the fact that Nazareth was not a town until 150CE, when it was founded by Jewish priests fleeing the Hadriatic wars. It wasn't known as "nazareth" until three centuries later, when catholic authorities "discovered" that this town must have been Jesus' hometown (this after not being able to find Nazareth on any maps). There are several possibilities, as to the name "nazarene".. it could have been that Jesus was a member of the Nazorean sect, who later abandoned its core tenets in favour of a more moderate philosophy. It also could have indictated the term Nassorene, a hellenized form of the Hebrew "nachash" (literally "the serpent"), which may in turn have been either a reference to some kind of serpentine quality (he did once say that people should be 'wise as serpents'), or it could have meant he was known as a sorcerer or magician. For reference regarding these facts, please see: Robert Eisenman, "The dead sea scrolls and the first christians" Robert Eisenman, "James the brother of Jesus" Stephen Flowers, "Hermetic Magic" Robert Funk & the Jesus Seminar, "The Five Gospels" Those are all relatively readable for the layperson. Nisarg Religious History university professor, ex-assistant to the Jesus Seminar (the foremost legitimate academic authority on early christianity in the English-speaking world) [/QUOTE]

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