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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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    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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    Jordan River (redirect from River of Jordan)
    flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea. The river passes by Jordan, Syria, Israel, and the...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    known as the Mount of Beatitudes is on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee, between Capernaum and the archeological site of Gennesaret (Ginosar)...
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    Christ at the Sea of Galilee is an oil painting by Jacopo Tintoretto. The painting depicts Jesus Christ raises a hand toward the apostles, who appear in...
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    elevation of 1,208 meters above sea level. Safed is a main city in the region. Several historical definitions have expanded the Upper Galilee's boundaries...
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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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  • 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. In this view, pilgrims visit...
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  • Thumbnail for The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee
    The Sermon on the Sea of Galilee is a painting by the Flemish painter Jan Breughel the Elder. It was painted in 1597. Its current whereabouts are unknown...
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    places it on one of the routes connecting the region of Bashan with the Phoenician coast. Tel Dover, located southeast of the Sea of Galilee on the Jarmuk...
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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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    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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    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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    Tourism in Israel (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from February 2023)
    Beach Nature Reserve, located in the Red Sea, attracts diving enthusiasts. The Galilee provides a variety of activities such as boating, cycling, and...
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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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    Galilee, which was the original home region of Jesus Christ, who grew up in Nazareth, a village in the Galilee region of Israel on the Sea of Galilee...
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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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    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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