Ναζαρά

Ναζαρά, ἡ (Mt 4:13; Lk 4:16), Ναζαρέτ, Ναζαρέθ; in vv.ll. also Ναζαράτ, Ναζαράθ indecl. Nazareth. Also as neut. pl. AcPl BMM verso 38f [ἐν Να]ζαροῖς/AcPl Ha 8, 30 [ἐν Ν]αζαρά. On the var. forms of the name s. JZenner, ZKT 18, 1894, 744–47; Dalman, Gramm.² 152; FBurkitt, The Syriac Forms of NT Proper Names 1912, 16; 28f, JTS 14, 1913, 475f; Zahn on Mt 2:23; B-D-F §39, 2; W-S. §5, 27e and p. xvi on §5 note 58; Mlt-H. 107f. Ναζαρέτ (also Just., D. 78, 4) and Ναζαρέθ seem to have the best attestation.—Home of Jesus’ parents; the place is not mentioned in the OT, Talmud, Midrash, or Joseph., but plays a significant role in Christian tradition: Mt 2:23; 4:13; 21:11; Mk 1:9; Lk 1:26; 2:4, 39, 51; 4:16 (BViolet, Z. recht. Verst. der Naz.-Perikope Lk 4:16–30: ZNW 37, ’39, 251–71); J 1:45f; Ac 10:38; AcPl Ha 8, 30/BMM verso 38f.—On N. see HGuthe, RE XIII 1903, 676ff, Palästina² 1927, 149ff; Dalman, Orte³ 61–88; GSchumacher, D. jetzige Naz.: ZDPV 13, 1890, 235ff; PViaud, Naz. et ses deux églises 1910; MBrückner, Naz. die Heimat Jesu: PJ 7, 1911, 74–84; TSoiron, D. Ev. u. die. hl. Stätten 1929, 17–37; PWinter, ‘Naz.’ and ‘Jerus.’ in Lk 1 and 2, NTS 3, ’56/57, 136–42; CKopp, The Holy Places of the Gospels, tr. RWalls, ’63, 49–86.—MAvi-Yonah, The Caesarea Inscription of the Twenty-Four Priestly Courses: The Teacher’s Yoke, ed. JVardaman et al., ’64, 46–57, esp. p. 48 n. 2. BHHW III 1291f; Kl. Pauly IV 27.—OEANE IV 113f. M-M. TW.