Sailing to Dalmanutha
Archaeologists have discovered a town on the northwest coast of Israel’s Sea of Galilee that may be Dalmanutha, where Jesus sailed, reports the Palestine Exploration Quarterly.
Dalmanutha is described in the Gospel of Mark as the town to which Jesus sailed after the miracle of the fish and loaves of bread, says Ken Dark, of the U.K.’s University of Reading, whose team discovered the site.
An ancient boat dating to about the same time 2,000 years ago was uncovered on the edge of the site, in Israel’s Ginosar valley, in 1986; archeologists now believe it was on the town’s shoreline.
The gospel says that after feeding 4,000 people by miraculously multiplying a few fish and loaves of bread, Jesus "got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha."
Dark said the findings also included a pagan altar, suggesting that Jews and pagans lived side by side there.
Dark said that while he cannot be positive it is Dalmanutha, the evidence does support the theory.
He said it surely was a sizable town in the first century A.D., and the site of Dalmanutha has never been established.
Meanwhile, Christians from around the world this week are arriving in the Holy Land for the annual Feast of Tabernacles celebration, September 18-28, 2013.
Thousands also recently gathered for the first-ever "Israel is Forever" concert along the shores of the Sea of Galilee.
An initiative of California-based Christian satellite channel God TV, the massive concert kicked off a 10-day tour of the Holy Land with musical performances by Kim Clement, The Arrows (South Africa) and an all-youth band from Shalva, a Jerusalem-based organization for children with special needs.
The God TV tour also featured a concert by Christian rock and worship band Planetshakers (Australia), and included visits to important Christian holy sites in Israel, from the Sea of Galilee, River Jordan and Gospel Trail in the north to Caesarea, the Old City of Jerusalem, Masada and Dead Sea in the south.
"The recent God TV concert in the Sea Galilee is a prime example of the unprecedented sites and attractions in the Holy Land available for church leaders and Christian groups to hold special events," said Haim Gutin, Israel Commissioner for Tourism, North and South America. "We invite Christians from around the world to visit the Holy Land this year to see firsthand where the scripture comes to life."
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