Nazareth Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Geography== [[File:Nazareth City.jpg|thumb|Nazareth cityscape]] Two locations for Nazareth are cited in ancient texts: the Galilean (northern) location in the Christian gospels and a southern (Judean) location mentioned in several early noncanonical texts.<ref>(a) The ''[[Gospel of James|Protevangelium of James]]''(c. 150 AD. See New Testament Apocrypha, ed. W. Schneemelcher, Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991, vol. 1, p. 421 ff.) was an immensely popular text in the early Christian centuries. In it, Jesus' family lives in [[Bethlehem]] of Judea (PrJ 8.3; 17:1) and all events take place in and around the southern town. PrJ does not mention Galilee or "Nazareth"; (b) the earliest reference to Nazareth outside the Christian gospels, by [[Sextus Julius Africanus]] (c. 200 AD), speaks of "Nazara" as a village in "Judea" and locates it near an as-yet unidentified "Cochaba"; (c) A fourth century work known as the ''History of Joseph the Carpenter'' knows a southern location for Nazareth. It locates "Nazareth", the home of Joseph, ''within walking distance'' of the Jerusalem Temple.</ref> Modern-day Nazareth is nestled in a natural bowl which reaches from 320 metres [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] to the crest of the hills about 488 metres.<ref>Map ''Survey of Palestine, 1946. 1:5,000'' OCLC: 17193107. Also, Emmett 1995b, p. 31, Fig. 11</ref> Nazareth is about 25 kilometres from the [[Sea of Galilee]] and about 9 kilometres west from [[Mount Tabor]]. The major cities of [[Jerusalem]] and [[Tel Aviv]] are situated approximately 146 kilometres and 108 kilometres respectively, away from Nazareth. The Nazareth Range, in which the town lies, is the southernmost of several parallel east–west hill ranges that characterize the elevated tableau of Lower Galilee. {{Further|Iphtahel}} ===Climate=== Nazareth has a [[hot-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]]: ''Csa''). {{Weather box |width = auto |location = Nazareth, Israel |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |Jan record high C = 22 |Feb record high C = 28 |Mar record high C = 31 |Apr record high C = 37 |May record high C = 42 |Jun record high C = 40 |Jul record high C = 40 |Aug record high C = 42 |Sep record high C = 41 |Oct record high C = 38 |Nov record high C = 32 |Dec record high C = 30 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 15.2 |Feb high C = 16.0 |Mar high C = 18.3 |Apr high C = 22.7 |May high C = 27.9 |Jun high C = 30.1 |Jul high C = 31.2 |Aug high C = 31.6 |Sep high C = 30.0 |Oct high C = 28.1 |Nov high C = 23.5 |Dec high C = 17.5 |year high C = |Jan mean C = 11.2 |Feb mean C = 12.0 |Mar mean C = 13.6 |Apr mean C = 17.1 |May mean C = 21.8 |Jun mean C = 24.4 |Jul mean C = 26.0 |Aug mean C = 26.6 |Sep mean C = 25.0 |Oct mean C = 22.8 |Nov mean C = 18.7 |Dec mean C = 13.7 |year mean C = |Jan low C = 7.1 |Feb low C = 7.9 |Mar low C = 8.9 |Apr low C = 11.5 |May low C = 15.7 |Jun low C = 18.7 |Jul low C = 20.8 |Aug low C = 21.5 |Sep low C = 19.9 |Oct low C = 17.5 |Nov low C = 13.8 |Dec low C = 9.8 |year low C = |Jan record low C = -2.4 |Feb record low C = -3.9 |Mar record low C = -1 |Apr record low C = 2 |May record low C = 6 |Jun record low C = 8 |Jul record low C = 17 |Aug record low C = 17 |Sep record low C = 12 |Oct record low C = 7 |Nov record low C = 1 |Dec record low C = -1.4 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 156 |Feb precipitation mm = 111 |Mar precipitation mm = 72 |Apr precipitation mm = 23 |May precipitation mm = 7 |Jun precipitation mm = 0 |Jul precipitation mm = 0 |Aug precipitation mm = 0 |Sep precipitation mm = 1 |Oct precipitation mm = 15 |Nov precipitation mm = 72 |Dec precipitation mm = 123 |year precipitation mm = |Jan precipitation days = 16 |Feb precipitation days = 14 |Mar precipitation days = 11 |Apr precipitation days = 6 |May precipitation days = 3 |Jun precipitation days = 1 |Jul precipitation days = 0 |Aug precipitation days = 1 |Sep precipitation days = 1 |Oct precipitation days = 6 |Nov precipitation days = 9 |Dec precipitation days = 15 |year precipitation days = |Jan humidity = 68 |Feb humidity = 63 |Mar humidity = 61 |Apr humidity = 53 |May humidity = 50 |Jun humidity = 50 |Jul humidity = 52 |Aug humidity = 55 |Sep humidity = 56 |Oct humidity = 59 |Nov humidity = 59 |Dec humidity = 70 |year humidity = 58 |Jand sun = 6 |Febd sun = 6 |Mard sun = 7 |Aprd sun = 8 |Mayd sun = 11 |Jund sun = 12 |Juld sun = 12 |Augd sun = 11 |Sepd sun = 10 |Octd sun = 9 |Novd sun = 7 |Decd sun = 6 |yeard sun = |Jan percentsun= 54 |Feb percentsun= 57 |Mar percentsun= 59 |Apr percentsun= 65 |May percentsun= 76 |Jun percentsun= 85 |Jul percentsun= 86 |Aug percentsun= 85 |Sep percentsun= 81 |Oct percentsun= 75 |Nov percentsun= 68 |Dec percentsun= 55 |year percentsun= |source 1 = <ref>{{cite web | url = http://en.climate-data.org/location/28724/ | publisher = Climate-Data | title = CLIMATE: NAZARETH | access-date = 20 November 2014 | archive-date = 29 November 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141129021119/http://en.climate-data.org/location/28724/ | url-status = live }}</ref> |source 2 = <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/israel/nazareth.php | publisher = Weather2Travel | title = Nazareth Climate | access-date = 20 November 2014 | archive-date = 26 October 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141026172837/http://www.weather2travel.com/climate-guides/israel/nazareth.php | url-status = live }}</ref> (sunshine percentages) |date= 2014 }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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