Dark 2023 Archaeology of Jesus' Nazareth

Lecture starts at 3:58 minutes, Q&A at 1:09:36 minutes.
Nazareth was rarely mentioned in written sources until the Crusader period, but recent archaeological research has built up a picture of the appearance, culture and economy of Roman-period Nazareth - the Jewish village that provided the physical context for the childhood of Jesus of Nazareth.
This lecture, based on Ken Dark’s recent book Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth (Oxford University Press 2023), presented recent research on first-century Nazareth and its implications for archaeology both in the Galilee and elsewhere.
Professor Ken Dark has conducted archaeological research on Nazareth for almost 20 years. He was Director of the Nazareth Archaeological Project’s fieldwork in and around the modern city of Nazareth between 2004 and 2010. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Kings College London, a Trustee of the AIAS, and Editor-in-Chief of our journal Strata.
This lecture was delivered to the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society online on 19 October 2023.