Magdala

Magdala ("tower") was a small village in Galilee, which seems to have been the birthplace of Mary Magdalene, or "Mary of Magdala", in the Christian New Testament. Magdala is its Aramaic designation; in Hebrew it was known as Migdal.

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The name given for Magdala in the Revised Version of Matthew 15:39 is Magadan. This is probably another name for the same place, or for a village so near it that the shore where Jesus landed may have belonged to either village.

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The Jewish Talmud mentions two places named Magdala. One Magdala was in the east, on the Yarmuk near Gadara (in the Middle Ages "Jadar", now Mukes), thus acquiring the name Magdala Gadar. There was another, better-known Magdala near Tiberias, Magdala Nunayya, ("Magdala of the fishes"), which would locate it on the shore of the lake. Josephus mentions a wealthy Galilean town destroyed by the Romans in the Jewish War (III, x) with the Greek name Tariche? (Josephus does not give its Hebrew name), from its prosperous fisheries.

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Galilee: Galilee (Hebrew hagalil הגליל, Arabic al-jaleel الجليل), meaning "circuit", is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. It is traditionally divided into three areas:...

Mary Magdalene: Mary Magdalene is described, both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted disciple of Jesus. She is considered a saint by Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican churches with a feast day of July 22. Her name means "Mary of Magdala", a town on the weste...

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Magdala related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Taking of Magdala the British Storm the Emperor Theodore's Stronghold at Magdala

The Body of King Theodore is Discovered after the Attack on Magdala