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Bethsaida
A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, vol. 2
Bethsaida, vol. 2
The Bethsaida Excavations Project is uncovering one of the most important New Testament sites lost to the world since the first century. Volume two reports on archaeological and geological findings from 1994–1996 and the cultural/historical context of the findings.
Charts, photos, drawings, and maps help present this useful archaeological data.
Contents
Part 1—Archaeology and Geology of Bethsaida
Bethsaida Excavations: Preliminary Report, 1994–1996
Rami Arav
Catastrophic Geomorphic Processes and Bethsaida Archaeology, Israel
John F. Shroder Jr., Michael P. Bishop, Kevin J. Cornwell, Moshe Inbar
Bethsaida Iron Age Ceramics
Gloria London and Robert Shuster
Two First-Millennium Cylinder Seals from Bethsaida (et-Tell)
Baruch Brandl
The Coins of the Tetrarch Philip and Bethsaida
Arie Kindler
The Coin Finds at the Excavations of Bethsaida
Arie Kindler
The Fishing Implements and Maritime Activities of Bethsaida-Julias (et-Tell)
Sandra Fortner
Part 2—Literature of Bethsaida
An Introduction to the Excavations of Bethsaida (et-Tell) from a New Testament Perspective
Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn
The Two Maacahs
Ketziah Spanier
The Honorific Naming of Bethsaida-Julias
John T. Greene
A Tale of Two Julias: Julia, Julias, and Josephus
Mark D. Smith
The Destruction of Bethsaida: The Evidence of 2 Esdras 1:11
Fred Strickert
Bethsaida and a First-Century House Church?
Mark Appold
Medieval Pilgrim Accounts of Bethsaida and the Bethsaida Controversy
Elizabeth McNamer
The Incense Shovel of Bethsaida and Synagogue Iconography in Late Antiquity
Richard A. Freund