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    "schema": "prokopton42-public-thinker-v1",
    "id": "jesus",
    "canonical_url": "https://prokopton42.com/en/thinkers/jesus/",
    "language": "en",
    "title": "Jesus of Nazareth",
    "editorial_status": "available",
    "summary": "First-century Jewish preacher and teacher, Jesus stands at the centre of the Gospel narratives and the emergence of Christianity.",
    "body": "Latest conventional bound used for the death of Jesus; the exact year is uncertain.",
    "lifespan": {
        "display": "late 1st c. BCE–early 1st c. CE",
        "era": "Hellenistic and Roman era",
        "distance": "about 1,976–2,075 years ago",
        "age_at_death": null
    },
    "intellectual_tradition": {
        "id": "christianity",
        "name": "Christianity",
        "detail": "Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity",
        "labels": [
            "Christianity",
            "Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity"
        ]
    },
    "historical_cutoff": {
        "year": 33,
        "display": "33 CE",
        "reason": "Latest conventional bound used for the death of Jesus; the exact year is uncertain."
    },
    "statistics": {
        "works": 78,
        "passages": 1515,
        "languages": [
            "en",
            "fr",
            "la"
        ],
        "intellectual_exposures": 2,
        "typed_relationships": 0
    },
    "attested_thinker_encounters": [],
    "places": [
        {
            "name": "Bethlehem",
            "period": "birth tradition",
            "description": "Matthew 2 and Luke 2 place the birth here. The profile retains this as a reported tradition, not an uncontested historical location.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.matthew&ref=2"
        },
        {
            "name": "Nazareth",
            "period": "early life and public activity",
            "description": "Mark 1 and Luke 4 identify Jesus with Nazareth; multiple Gospel carriers preserve the association.",
            "confidence": "B",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=1"
        },
        {
            "name": "Jordan River",
            "period": "start of public activity",
            "description": "The Synoptic carriers place the baptism by John in the Jordan setting.",
            "confidence": "B",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=1"
        },
        {
            "name": "Judean wilderness",
            "period": "start of public activity",
            "description": "The temptation narratives use a wilderness setting after the baptism. The map point is regional, not a claimed exact site.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.matthew&ref=4"
        },
        {
            "name": "Capernaum",
            "period": "public activity",
            "description": "A recurring Galilean base for teaching, disputes and healings in the Gospel narratives.",
            "confidence": "B",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=1"
        },
        {
            "name": "Sea of Galilee",
            "period": "public activity",
            "description": "Repeated setting for travel, calling disciples and teaching in multiple Gospel carriers.",
            "confidence": "B",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=4"
        },
        {
            "name": "Sychar, Samaria",
            "period": "Johannine journey",
            "description": "John 4 places a sustained dialogue in Samaria near Sychar. This itinerary belongs specifically to the Johannine carrier.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.john&ref=4"
        },
        {
            "name": "Caesarea Philippi region",
            "period": "public activity",
            "description": "Mark and Matthew place a decisive identity discussion in the surrounding villages or region.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=8"
        },
        {
            "name": "Jericho",
            "period": "final journey tradition",
            "description": "A narrative stage on the route toward Jerusalem, associated with encounters that differ between carriers.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=10"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bethany",
            "period": "Judean and final-week traditions",
            "description": "Bethany appears in Mark's final-week route and in distinctive Johannine narratives.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.john&ref=11"
        },
        {
            "name": "Jerusalem",
            "period": "final journey and execution",
            "description": "All four Gospel narratives culminate here with public conflict, arrest and execution under Roman authority.",
            "confidence": "A",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=15"
        },
        {
            "name": "Cana",
            "period": "Johannine activity",
            "description": "John alone names Cana for two signs; the point follows the traditional Galilean identification.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.john&ref=2"
        },
        {
            "name": "Nain",
            "period": "Lukan activity",
            "description": "Luke alone places an encounter at Nain.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.luke&ref=7"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bethsaida",
            "period": "public activity",
            "description": "Several Gospel carriers associate activity with Bethsaida; its archaeological identification remains debated.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=8"
        },
        {
            "name": "Tyre and Sidon region",
            "period": "public activity",
            "description": "Mark and Matthew place a journey in the Phoenician coastal region.",
            "confidence": "C",
            "source_url": "/library.php?work=jesus.mark&ref=7"
        }
    ],
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}