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:"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?
GRM 349
GRM 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.
- ↑ GRM 349.10.
- ↑ GRM 478.1.
- ↑ Joshua 19:12.
- ↑ Anne Catherine Emmerich, Vol 4, ch. 13.
- ↑ War of the Jews 3.3.1.