Bethsaida
Sign in to saveBethsaida ( ; from ; from Aramaic and , from the Hebrew root ; ), also known as Julias or Julia (), is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis, now the Golan Heights.
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- Ancient site.name
- Bethsaida
- Ancient site.map_type
- Syria
- Ancient site.location
- Golan Heights
- Ancient site.built
- 1st century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 65 AD
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- Et-Tell
- Bronze and Iron Ages
- Hellenistic and Roman periods
- Al-Araj
- El-Mesydiah
- One or two Bethsaidas?
- Fifth Crusade (1217)
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Bethsaida ( ; from ; from Aramaic and , from the Hebrew root ; ), also known as Julias or Julia (), is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis, now the Golan Heights.
Historians have suggested that the name is also referenced in rabbinic literature under the epithet ().
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