Caslot-Tabor
Small town located a few kilometers east of Nazareth and west of Mount Tabor, mentioned on the occasion of the The Transfiguration of the Lord.
Description
The town is referred to under its two names: Caslot and Xalot.
Shortly after the The Transfiguration of the Lord, 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:"people came through who were from Caslot-Tabor, among whom were two exorcists.".[2]They were unable to do anything either.
A little later, Jesus travels "the main road which, from Nazareth, goes to the plain of Esdraelon Plain. (...) At one point it forks near a milestone which, on two sides, bears the inscription: “Japhia Simonia - Bethlehem Carmel” to the west, and: “Xalot - Nain Scythopolis - 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?
EMV 349
EMV 478
Learn more about this place
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
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Notes and References
- ↑ Matthieu 17:14-18 | Marc 9:14-27 | Luc 9:37-42.
- ↑ EMV 349.10.
- ↑ EMV 478.1.
- ↑ Josué 19:12.
- ↑ Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol 4, ch. 13.
- ↑ War of the Jews 3.3.1.