Nazareth Village  

The Nazareth Village is an authentic recreation of a working first-century village and farm.  A collective effort of  archaeologists, Biblical scholars, and committed volunteers, the village is constructed where  there was discovered an original first-century wine press, on a plot of land that lies directly at the foot of Nazareth Hospital.

Staffed by local Nazarenes, the Nazareth Village tells the parables of Jesus through an authentic first-century working farm and village.  The village is located on hospital property, at the base of the hill where Nazareth Hospital is situated.  However, its deepest ties to the hospital are those of common vision for ministry and reconciliation.  Former hospital volunteers, Mike and Virginia Hostetler, USA, were instrumental in the development and opening of the Nazareth Village.  Contributing to the authenticity and sustainability of the village, the majority of its staff are local to Nazareth.  To learn more about how the village began, and what is happening there today, see the Nazareth Village website.  Scroll down to view photos of the village taken during an NPI staff visit to Nazareth in 2003.

A local artist in the role of a 1st century Nazarene.

School children, tourists, and church groups who come to The Nazareth Village learn the teachings of Jesus.  Built on the site of an original first-century wine press, Nazareth Village is located on a plot of land that lies directly at the foot of Nazareth Hospital.  Nazareth Village gives visitors a taste of "living history" and represents a collective effort of archaeologists, Biblical scholars, and volunteers, re-creating Nazareth as it would have been 2,000 years ago.

This replica demonstrates how first-century farmers would loosen the  chaff from their wheat crop by dragging the implement over the harvested grain.

Reconstructed stone masonry tools typical of what first-century carpenters of Judea and Samaria would have used-- the most common building material being stone.

A recently completed  part  of the village is this carefully researched reconstruction of a 1st century synagogue.

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photos property of The Nazareth Project, Inc. copyright 2003

photos by Karen Miller