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Bethsaida
Also known as et-Tell
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.
Key facts
- 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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- Area
- 200
- Image
- Ruins of Bethsaida village in summer 2011 (7).JPG
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- Commons category
- Bethsaida
- P12749
- Gustav von Kessel
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- New Testament
- Archaeology
- Et-Tell
- Bronze and Iron Ages
- Hellenistic and Roman periods
- Al-Araj
- El-Mesydiah
- One or two Bethsaidas?
- Fifth Crusade (1217)
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
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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