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Nein

Coordinates:32°37′50″N35°21′0″E/ 32.63056°N 35.35000°E/32.63056; 35.35000
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Nein
ניין‎
نين
Nein is located in Jezreel Valley region of Israel
Nein
Nein
Nein is located in Israel
Nein
Nein
Coordinates:32°37′50″N35°21′0″E/ 32.63056°N 35.35000°E/32.63056; 35.35000
Grid position183/226PAL
CountryIsrael
DistrictNorthern
CouncilBustan al-Marj
Population
(2022)[1]
1,994

Nein(Arabic:نين,Nayin,lit.Charming,Hebrew:ניין) — alsoNainorNaimin English — is anArabvillage in northernIsrael.Located in theLower Galilee,14 kilometers (8.7 mi) south ofNazareth,Nein covers a land area of approximately 1,000 dunams (250 acres) and falls under the jurisdiction ofBustan al-Marj Regional Council,whose headquarters it hosts.[2]Its total land area consisted of 3,737 dunums prior to 1962.[3]According to theIsraeli Central Bureau of Statistics,in 2022 it had a population of 1,994.[1]

Location

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Nein lies a short distance fromMount Tabor.[4]A hill known in Arabic asTellel-Ajul lay on the path that ran between Nein and nearbyIndur,an Arab village destroyed in the1948 Arab-Israeli war.[5]Biblical archaeologistEdward Robinsondescribes Nein as lying on the northern slope of a hill called "the little Hermon", and it is described in biblical guidebooks as lying at the foot of theHill of Moreh.[6]

History

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Antiquity

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Rock-sunk tombs have been found here, probably ofChristianorigin.[7]

Nein is mentioned in the writing ofEusebius(c. 263–339) andJerome(c. 347–420) as being situated near Endor (Indur).[8]Its identity as a biblical site was recognized by theCrusaders,who built a church there to commemorate the site of the miracle, a church rebuilt by the Franciscans.[4][8][9]

In 1101, during theCrusaderera,Tancred, Prince of Galileegranted Nein together with several other villages to the abbey ofMount Tabor.[10]In 1153, it belonged to theHospitallers.[11]By 1263, the area was ruled byBaybars.[9]

Ottoman era

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Nein, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into theOttoman Empirein 1517, and in thecensusof 1596, the village was located in thenahiyaof Safa in theliwaofLajjun.It had a population of 119 households, allMuslim.They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to winter pastures and occasional revenues; the taxes totalled 80,000akçe.[12]

In 1838 Robinson and Smith noted that Nein had decreased in size over the ages, and was at time a smallhamlet,inhabited by a few families.[6][8][13]In 1875Victor Guérinsaw here a ruined building, measuring 18 times 12 paces.[14]

In thePalestine Exploration Fund'sSurvey of Western Palestine(1882), Nein was described as a small village made of stone andadobe,with a small mosque, namedMukamSidna Aisa, to the north.[15]

British Mandate era

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In the1922 census of Palestineconducted by theBritish authorities,Nain had a population of 157, all Muslims,[16]increasing in the1931 censusto 189, still all Muslim, in a total of 34 houses.[17]

In the1945 statisticsthe population was 270, all Muslims,[18]while the total land area was 4,687 dunams (1,158 acres), according to an official land and population survey.[19]Of this, 87 dunams (21 acres) were for plantations and irrigable land, 3,602 for cereals,[20]while 31 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[21]

New Testament associations

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Main article:Raising of the son of the widow of Nain
The raising of the young man of Nain, byLucas Cranach,in 1569.

Edward Robinson andEli Smith,who visitedPalestinein the mid-19th century, identified Nein as, "the Nain of theNew Testament"(Greek:Ναΐν) where, according toLuke7:11–17,Jesusraised a young man from death and reunited him with his mother.[8]According to Luke's account, this young man was the only son of an unnamedwidow.WhenJesussaw the dead son being carried out and the mourning widow, he feltcompassionfor her. He walked towards thebieror stretcher, touched it, stopped the funeral procession and told the man: "Young man, I say to you, arise!" The man came alive, sat up, and began to speak. The people who were standing around were all struck by the event, seen as a sign that 'a great prophet' had arisen among them, and the report of it spread widely acrossJudeaand the surrounding region. Nain is not mentioned in the other canonicalgospels.

References

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  1. ^ab"Regional Statistics".Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.Retrieved21 March2024.
  2. ^Bustan El-Marj (Israel)Dov Gutterman, Flags of the World.
  3. ^Welcome To Na'in
  4. ^abCarta, 1999,p. 26.
  5. ^van de Velde, 1858,p. 142.
  6. ^abRobinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p.182
  7. ^Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p.125
  8. ^abcdRobinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, p.226.
  9. ^abPringle, 1998, p.115
  10. ^Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp.5-6, No. 36; cited in Pringle, 1998, p.115
  11. ^Röhricht, 1904, RRH Ad, pp.18-19, No. 280b; cited in Pringle, 1998, p.115
  12. ^Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 157
  13. ^Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p.118
  14. ^Guérin, 1880, pp.115-117
  15. ^Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p.86
  16. ^Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p.38
  17. ^Mills, 1932, p.75
  18. ^Department of Statistics, 1945, p.8
  19. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.62
  20. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.110
  21. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.160

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