# Jesus of Nazareth

- Id: `jesus`
- Canonical url: `https://prokopton42.com/en/thinkers/jesus/`
- Language: `en`
- Editorial status: `available`
- Content checksum: `47754353d7cc77b3b537c9c43e240f03d7ab57876dc8363e17bd1f3770449cd4`

## Summary

First-century Jewish preacher and teacher, Jesus stands at the centre of the Gospel narratives and the emergence of Christianity.

## Overview

Latest conventional bound used for the death of Jesus; the exact year is uncertain.

## Lifespan

```json
{
    "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

```json
{
    "id": "christianity",
    "name": "Christianity",
    "detail": "Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity",
    "labels": [
        "Christianity",
        "Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity"
    ]
}
```

## Historical cutoff

```json
{
    "year": 33,
    "display": "33 CE",
    "reason": "Latest conventional bound used for the death of Jesus; the exact year is uncertain."
}
```

## Statistics

```json
{
    "works": 78,
    "passages": 1515,
    "languages": [
        "en",
        "fr",
        "la"
    ],
    "intellectual_exposures": 2,
    "typed_relationships": 0
}
```

## Places

```json
[
    {
        "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"
    }
]
```