The best evidence for an early Nazareth is the Caesarea inscription, the worst evidence for a Nazareth are the recent archeological digs made near Mary's Well in present day Nazareth. Considering how holy places were "discovered" in the Byzantine era, the location of a first century Nazareth is...
How do we know the location of the current town is the same as that of the supposed 1st century town? A lot of Christian locations were "discovered" in the third and fourth centuries along with the "discovery" of the cross, the birthplace of Jesus, and so on.
Does Carrier provide a source?
According to wiki:
In 1960, a Hebrew inscription found in Caesarea, dating to the late 3rd or early 4th century, mentions Nazareth as one of the places in which the priestly (kohanim) family of Hapizzez was residing after Bar Kokhba's revolt (132-135 AD).[56]...
On the topic of Nazareth by Richard Carrier, this is what I have found so far:
Richard Carrier said... Philip1978 said... In all my reading so far about the myth of Jesus there is one thing still bothering me that does not make sense. Why do the Gospel writers refer to Jesus as "Jesus of...