Israel's Oldest Christian Church

Alternative Religions Guide Jennifer Emick has blogged an article about the earliest known Christian church in Israel that was uncovered by prisoners at Megiddo Prison in the Galilee. The prisoners were clearing land for a new detention center. The church dates from the third century.

Coming slightly before this church, the Dead Sea Scrolls come from the period when Christianity was just beginning.

The Nazarenes were followers of John the Baptist and then Jesus. They were also Jews and followed the law of the Torah (the five books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy).