Chorazin
Sign in to saveChorazin ( ; also Chorazain) or Korazim () was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels. It stood on the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on a hill above the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, from Capernaum in what is now the territory of modern Israel.
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It is catalogued under topics including 3rd-century establishments in the Roman Empire, Ancient synagogues in the Land of Israel and Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Chorazin ( ; also Chorazain) or Korazim () was an ancient village in the Roman and Byzantine periods, best known from the Christian Gospels. It stood on the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on a hill above the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, from Capernaum in what is now the territory of modern Israel.
Khirbat Karraza (also Karraza, Kh. Karazeh, Kerazeh) was a village established at the site of the ancient village and depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Yiftach. It was located 8.5 km southeast of Safad.
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