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Pliny the Elder, in his Natural History, places Bethsaida on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. [5] The historian Josephus says that the town of Bethsaida (at that time called Julia), was situated 120 stadia from the lake Semechonitis, not far from the Jordan River as it passes into the middle of the Sea of Galilee. [6]
Archaeological excavations have uncovered a synagogue from the 3rd century AD, suggesting a thriving Jewish community. [3] Bethsaida: Situated on the northeastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, Bethsaida was the hometown of apostles Peter, Andrew, and Philip. It was also the site where Jesus healed a blind man (Mark 8:22-26).
The Jordan River and the streams coming down from the Central Golan create a landscape of swamps and open water surfaces, variously called deltas, estuaries or lagoons.. The following five rivers or streams flow through the valley (west to east): Jordan, whose upper course ends here, at the northern edge; then Meshushim (Wadi el-Hawa in Arabic; collects the waters of the Katzrin and Zavitan ...
Around 200 BC, during the period in which Simon II was the Jewish High Priest, the channel was enclosed, and a second pool was added on the south side of the dam. [20] [21] [22] Although popular legend argues that this pool was used for washing sheep, this is very unlikely due to the pool's use as a water supply, and its extreme depth (13m).
The Blind Man of Bethsaida is the subject of one of the miracles of Jesus in the Gospels. It is found only in Mark 8 :22–26. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The exact location of Bethsaida in this pericope is subject to debate among scholars but is likely to have been Bethsaida Julias , on the north shore of Lake Galilee .
The Decapolis was a region where two cultures interacted: the culture of the Greek colonists and the indigenous Jewish and Aramean cultures. There was some conflict. There was some conflict. The Greek inhabitants were shocked by the Jewish practice of circumcision , which was regarded as a cruel and barbaric genital mutilation . [ 19 ]
The earliest Iron Age settlements—possibly copper mining camps—date to the 11th century BC. [22] Settlement intensified by the late 8th century BC, and the main sites so far excavated have been dated between the 8th and 6th centuries BC. The last unambiguous reference to Edom is an Assyrian inscription of 667 BC.
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