Uncovering a lost city on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee
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As noted earlier, there was a member-generated session on the identification of the site of ancient Bethsaida/Julias during the ASOR 2022 Annual Meeting in Boston. Here is a link to a video recording of the presentation on the Hellenistic and Early Roman coins from Et-Tell by the Bethsaida Coin Curator, Dr Gregory C. Jenks:
The Debate over the Identification of Bethsaida-Julias A member-generated session at the 2022 annual meeting of the ASOR (formerly the American School of Oriental Research but now the American School of Overseas Research) in Boston on Friday, 18 November. Three (3) representatives of the Et-Tell excavations will debate with 3 representatives of the El Araj … More Bethsaida @ ASOR 2022
On the weekend of 20 May 2022, the camp of Josephus’ force was discovered at the convergence of Kela Valley and the Jordan River by a team from the Bethsaida Excavations Project of the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). At the urgence of Dr. Carl Savage (Northwind Seminary) who had noted for many years the … More Josephus military camp found
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