The exorcism in the Synagogue of Capernaum is depicted in this Romanesque fresco from Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria, about 50 miles northeast of Salzburg. Lambach Abbey was founded circa 1040 ...

The Gospels report that Jesus taught in Capernaum’s synagogue. One of his 12 apostles, Matthew, is described as a tax ...

The synagogue at Capernaum (K’far Nahum in Hebrew), recorded in the New Testament as one of the first places where Jesus of Nazareth spoke to the people, will be reconstructed.

Another significant archaeological landmark in Capernaum is a late-Roman (fourth century) synagogue built over the site of an earlier synagogue that would have been in use during Jesus’ day.

The site rests about two miles north of Capernaum and the Sea of Galilee. Its view is indeed lovely. Like most Galilean cities, Chorazin had a synagogue.

The origins of Christianity is the greatest story never told. Just under three centuries passed between Jesus’ crucifixion and A.D. 325, when Constantine the Great convened the Council of Nicaea.