Since 2009 , archaeologist have been easy dig the ancient townspeople of Magdala — conceive to be the place of Mary Magdalene — near the Sea of Galilee . Among their finds has been a first - hundred tabernacle where , experts say , Jesus in all likelihood preached .
Although Jerusalem and Bethlehem are the site most commonly associated with Jesus , Father Eamon Kelly — frailty president of Israel’sMagdala Centerand vice chargé of the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center — points out that Jesus spent almost his total spirit in what is now northern Israel .
“ Eighty per centum of Jesus ’ public life was here , ” he tells the Israeli newspaper Haaretz .
archeologist consider the temple was build in 1 AD and then upgrade into a more ornate building in 40 AD .
The Romans put down the synagogue in 67 or 68 advertising , during the First Jewish Revolt . But significant parts of the social structure continue intact , include ritual tub and a sculpted limestone block probably used for written material or take the Torah . Its respite depict the oldest menorah ever bump on I. F. Stone .
As Haaretzreports :
expert say it ’s highly probable that Jesus would have preached in the uncovered tabernacle … .Until Tiberias was build , the only townsfolk on the western shoring of the Sea of Galilee was Magdala .
Anyone touring the part , as Jesus did according to the New Testament , educational activity and preaching in temple all through Galilee , would not have skipped Magdala , site on the Via Maris — the ancient patronage itinerary that go along the Mediterranean and the westerly shore of the Sea of Galilee all the way from Egypt to Syria .
“ He was a clever rabbi . He know where to set up store , ” says Kelly . “ If you walk from Nazareth to Bethsaida to Capernaum , you ’re going to come out here . ”
Matthew 15:39 also mentions Jesus mark human foot there , saying “ and he take aim ship , and came into the coasts of Magdala ( sometimes also translated from the Greek as Magadan ) . ”
In the times of Jesus , the great unwashed would gather in local synagogues to fulfil and assemble , not just for prayer .
“ So if a strange rabbi come to town , a new rabbi , a new preacher , a new teacher , the consistent place was to get together here , ” Kelly say , standing on the two - thousand - year - sometime Oliver Stone .
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