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An inscription 1500 years old with the name of "Christ, born of Mary", was uncovered in the Jezreel Valley
The inscription, engraved in Greek on a stone, was originally used as a lintel for a church door from the late Byzantine period, and was probably used as a shield from the evil eye for believers who entered to pray in it.
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Ziv Reinstein
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 09:33
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The address of "Christ Born of Mary" (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Tzachi Lang, Israel Antiquities Authority)
An excavation to Jesus, the son of Mary, was recently found during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the village of Taibeh in the Jezreel Valley.
The inscription belonged to a church door frame in the Byzantine period (late 5th century AD) and was engraved in Greek on stone.
It was found when it was reused, in one of the walls of a magnificent building dating to the Byzantine or Early Arab period, from which two rooms with a mosaic floor with a geometric decoration were exposed.
The inscription was discovered during an archeological excavation conducted by Tzachi Lang and Kojan Hacho from the Israel Antiquities Authority, before the construction of an internal road in the settlement.
As part of the Antiquities Authority's policy of bringing the public closer to archeology, students from the Haunted and Hanaton pre-military preparatory schools, students from the "Democratic in the Valley" school, as well as volunteers and workers from the local community participated in the excavation.
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The building in which the inscription is located when it is reused (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Tzachi Lang, Israel Antiquities Authority)
The address - protects the evil eye
According to Dr. Leah Di-Sagani, an expert on ancient Greek inscriptions from the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who deciphered the inscription, it is an inscription engraved when the foundations of the church were cast. It reads:
"Christ born of Mary.
This enterprise of [Theodos] the consecration of the most God-fearing and pious bishop and of the lowly [T] mama, was built from the foundations - -.
The one who enters will pray for them
.
"
According to Di-Sagani, the phrase" Christ born of Mary "was intended to protect readers from the evil eye, and was common at the beginning of inscriptions and documents of the time. Di-Sagani adds that "the address invites those who come to the gates of the place and greets them.
This is how it is possible to know that this is a church and not a monastery: while the church welcomed the entry of believers through its gates, the monasteries refrained from doing so. "
Excavation works (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Einat Ambar-Armon, Israel Antiquities Authority)
"First evidence of a church from the Byzantine period in Taibeh"
Theodosius, mentioned in the inscription as responsible for the founding of the structure, was one of the first bishops in Christianity.
He served as the Regional Archbishop - the supreme religious authority of the Beit She'an Metropolitan, to which Taibeh in the valley belonged.
Dr. Walid Atrash of the Israel Antiquities Authority says, "This is the first evidence of a church from the Byzantine period in Taibeh, which joins further evidence of the activities of Christian residents in the area.
"Remains of a church from the Crusader period were previously uncovered at the site, and was recently discovered by Nurit Feig of the Israel Antiquities Authority and Dr. Moti Aviam of Kinneret College in Kfar Kama, a monastery, from the same series of monasteries subject to the Beit She'an metropolitan area."
According to the directors of the excavation, Tzachi Lang and Kojan Hacho from the Israel Antiquities Authority, "excavations from a variety of periods were discovered in the excavation, shedding light on the long settlement sequence in Taibeh in the valley, and its status among localities in the area."
Members of the Hanaton Preparatory School (Photo: Israel Antiquities Authority, Einat Ambar-Armon, Israel Antiquities Authority)
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