Bethsaida

Bethsaida
בית צידה (Hebrew)
Bethsaida is located in the Golan Heights
Bethsaida
Shown within the Golan Heights
Bethsaida is located in the Golan Heights
Bethsaida
Bethsaida (the Golan Heights)
Alternative nameبيت صيدا (Arabic)
LocationGolan Heights
Coordinates32°54′36″N 35°37′50″E / 32.91000°N 35.63056°E / 32.91000; 35.63056
History
Founded1st century BC
Abandoned65 AD

Bethsaida (/bɛθˈs.ɪdə/ beth-SAY-id-ə;[1] from Ancient Greek: Βηθσαϊδά, romanizedBēthsaïdá; from Aramaic and Hebrew: בֵּית צַידָה, romanizedBēṯ Ṣaiḏā, lit.'House of the Fisherman' or 'House of the Hunter', from the Hebrew root צ-י-ד;[2][3] Arabic: بيت صيدا, romanizedBayt Ṣaydā), also known as Julias or Julia (Ancient Greek: Ἰουλία, romanized: Ioulía), is a place mentioned in the New Testament. Julias lay in an administrative district known as Gaulonitis. Historians have suggested that the name is also referenced in rabbinic literature under the epithet Ṣaidan (Hebrew: צַידָן).[a][b]

  1. ^ "Definition of Bethsaida". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  2. ^ "Where Is Biblical Bethsaida, Where Jesus Walked on Water? The Case of This Jordan River Mound". Ruth Schuster for Haaretz. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ Franz, Gordon (10 November 2007). "Text and Tell: The Excavations at Bethsaida". PlymouthBrethren.org (2nd,revised and updated from the one published in Archaeology in the Biblical World, (1995) 3/1: 6-11 ed.). Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ Ishtori Haparchi, Kaftor wa-Ferach vol. 2, (3rd edition, published by ed. Avraham Yosef Havatzelet), chapter 11, Jerusalem 2007, p. 54 (note 30) (Hebrew).


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