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    The Sea of Galilee (Hebrew: יָם כִּנֶּרֶת, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, Arabic: بحيرة طبريا), also called Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, is a freshwater...
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    Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee is a 1633 oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It is classified as a history...
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    north of Jenin and the Beth Shean Valley, the valley containing the Sea of Galilee, and the Hula Valley, although it usually does not include Haifa's immediate...
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    Galilee Boat, also known as the Jesus Boat, is an ancient fishing boat from the 1st century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea...
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    had, as of c. 500 CE, a Jewish or Judeo-Christian population. The site is located near the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee on the bank of a wadi,...
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    it is less mountainous than the Upper Galilee. The peaks of the Lower Galilee rise to 500 m (1,600 ft) above sea level. The tallest peaks are Mount Kamon...
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    Jordan River (redirect from River of Jordan)
    Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea. The river passes by or through Jordan, Syria, Israel...
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    Bethsaida (redirect from Julias (Galilee))
    History, places Bethsaida on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. The historian Josephus says that the town of Bethsaida (at that time called Julia), was...
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    basaltic plateau at the southwest corner of Syria. It is bordered by the Yarmouk River in the south, the Sea of Galilee and Hula Valley in the west, the Anti-Lebanon...
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    Israel. Part of the larger Galilee region, it is characterized by its higher elevations and mountainous terrain. The term "Upper Galilee" is ancient,...
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  • first four forming the Meshushim and Zaki Lagoons before reaching the Sea of Galilee. Meshushim River (Hebrew), Wadi el-Hawa/Fakhura/Zaki (Arabic) Katzrin...
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    same body of water.) The water of Wadi Hassa is now completely consumed in Jordan. The Jordan River, which passes through the Sea of Galilee, has been...
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    inland by the fertile Jezreel Valley, and then the hilly Galilee region. The Sea of Galilee is located beyond this region and is bordered to the east...
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    contributed to a series of depressions, or pull-apart basins, forming the Gulf of Aqaba, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, and Hula basins. A component of shortening affects...
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  • include: Sea of Tiberias (Lake Tiberias or The Sea of Galilee) Sea of Sodom (The Dead Sea) Sea of Helath (The Red Sea) Sea of Hiltha (Birkat Ram) Sea of Sibkay...
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    unrecovered painting in the world. Also missing is The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Rembrandt's only seascape. Other paintings and sketches by Rembrandt...
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  • eventually began to claim that the tomb of "Meir" by the Sea of Galilee was in fact that of Rabbi Meir the tanna of the Mishnah. A confused vIn this view...
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    he returns to Galilee and preaches in the synagogue of Capernaum. The first disciples of Jesus encounter him near the Sea of Galilee, and his later Galilean...
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    of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and the archeological site of Tel Kinrot, covered by the ruins of...
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    Jesus Trail (category Galilee in the New Testament)
    Sepphoris, Cana (Kafr Kanna), the Horns of Hattin, Mount Arbel Cliffs, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha, and the Mount of Beatitudes. An alternate return...
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    Christ at the Sea of Galilee is an oil painting by Jacopo Tintoretto, from the 1570s. The painting depicts Jesus Christ raises a hand toward the apostles...
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    the region from north to south, and containing the Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River and the Dead Sea – the lowest point on the Earth's land surface. The...
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    airborne medevac extraction unit. 11 Local Rescue teams in the Golan Heights, Galilee-Carmel, Jezreel Valley, Samaria, Ein Gedi, Megilot, Gush Etzion, Arad,...
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    Magdala (redirect from Majdal (Galilee))
    romanized: Magdalá) was an ancient Jewish city on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, 5 km (3 miles) north of Tiberias. In the Babylonian Talmud it is known as Magdala...
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    contender Sea of Galilee with Capernaum (the "city of Jesus"), Tabgha (traditional site of the feeding of the 5000 and the miraculous catch of fish), the...
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  • name of the Sea of Galilee, the largest freshwater lake in Israel. Other meanings of Kinneret and Kineret include: Camp Kinneret, a summer camp of Canadian...
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    the sea obey him?” Author Michael Keene commented that the Sea of Galilee was known for its sudden and fierce storms and that the Jews were people of the...
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  • War over Water (Jordan River) (category History of the Golan Heights)
    south-eastern part of the Sea of Galilee eastwards to the Yarmuk River where the borders of Israel, Jordan and Syria converge. The issue of water sharing from...
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    with "Sea" in the name: Aral Sea, Dead Sea, Salton Sea Freshwater lakes with "Sea" in the name: Sea of Galilee Bodies of water identified in lakes (bays...
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    of the Gergesenes, is a place on the eastern (Golan Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara...
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