Category:Death of Joseph of Nazareth (subject)

The Death of Joseph of Nazareth refers to an episode in the live of Joseph of Nazareth, as narrated only in later Christian tradition.

Main characters: Joseph of Nazareth -- Mary of Nazareth -- Jesus of Nazareth
Setting: Nazareth
Jesus' Hidden Years : Holy Family -- Jesus among the Doctors -- Jesus at Nazareth -- Death of Joseph of Nazareth >

< Life of Jesus : Nativity of Jesus -- Jesus' Hidden Years -- Ministry of Jesus (Parables of Jesus, Miracles of Jesus) -- Passion of Jesus -- Resurrection of Jesus -- Relics of Jesus >

< Life of Mary of Nazareth : Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple -- Annunciation to Anne and Joachim -- Birth of Mary -- Girlhood of Mary (Education of the Virgin, Presentation of Mary at the Temple) -- Marriage of Mary and Joseph -- Annunciation to Mary -- Visitation of Mary -- Birth of Jesus -- Adoration of the Shepherds -- Adoration of the Magi -- Circumcision of Jesus -- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple -- Massacre of the Innocents -- Flight into Egypt -- Jesus among the Doctors -- Death of Joseph of Nazareth -- Wedding at Cana -- Jesus' True Relatives -- Hometown Rejection -- Crucifixion of Jesus -- Resurrection of Jesus -- Ascension of Jesus -- Gathering of the Twelve at Jerusalem -- Christian Pentecost -- Death and Assumption of Mary -- Relics of Mary of Nazareth >

Overview

At the beginning of his ministry Jesus is referred to as the "son of Mary" and no reference is made in the Gospels to Joseph of Nazareth outside the Infancy narratives. Christian tradition assumed that Joseph of Nazareth died at Nazareth during Jesus' Hidden Years. The actual episode of the Death of Joseph is described only in later sources, in the History of Joseph the Carpenter (6th-7th cent.).