Caslot-Tabor
Small town located a few kilometers east of Nazareth and west of Mount Tabor, mentioned on the occasion of the Transfiguration.
Description
The town is referred to under its two names: Caslot and Xalot.
Shortly after the Transfiguration, while Jesus is coming down from Thabor, the disciples bring him the case of a possessed man whom they cannot free.[1] They were not alone:
"Some people coming from Caslot-Tabor happened to pass by and among them there were two exorcisers."[2]
They were unable to do anything either.
A little later, Jesus travels "the main road which from Nazareth goes towards the plain of Esdraelon [...] at a cross-road near a milestone on the opposite sides of which is inscribed: «Japhia Sidonia-Bethlehem Carmel» to the west, and «Xalot-Naim Scytopolis-Engannim» to the east [...]"[3]
Its name
Other spellings: Kislot Tavor, Xaloth, Exaloth.
Caslot-Tabor means "The slopes of Thabor".
Where is it mentioned in the work?
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Kisloth-Thabor is mentioned in the Bible.[4]
Anne-Catherine Emmerich also mentions this village on the occasion of the Transfiguration of Jesus, but locates it incorrectly, to the south of Thabor:
"Jesus, with some disciples (...) went about three leagues east to go to Kisloth-Thabor, which is located at the foot of Thabor, on the southern side".[5]
Flavius Josephus says almost nothing about it: "Lower Galilee extends lengthwise from Tiberias to Chauvolon, near which Ptolemais is located on the coast; widthwise, from the town of Xaloth, situated in the great plain, to Bersaba".[6]
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- 32° 40’ 43’’ N / 35° 19’ 20’’ E /
- +150m
Notes and references
- ↑ Matthieu 17:14-18 | Marc 9:14-27 | Luc 9:37-42.
- ↑ GRM 349.10.
- ↑ GRM 478.1.
- ↑ Joshua 19:12.
- ↑ Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol 4, ch. 13.
- ↑ War of the Jews 3.3.1.