Page 35 - (DK Eyewitness) Top 10 Travel Guide - Israel & Petra

Sea of Galilee ❮❮ 33

JESUS AT THE SEA
OF GALILEE
The gospels say that
Jesus spent most of his
three-year ministry on
the shores of the Sea
of Galilee. Capernaum
became his home, Mary
Magdalene hailed from
Magdala, many disciples
came from Bethsaida in
the northeast, and the
lake itself is where Jesus
reportedly walked on
water and fed the Five
Thousand. The Sermon
on the Mount was del-
ivered from a nearby hill.
Korazim
9
National Park
Built in Talmudic times
(3rd and 4th centuries
AD) using local volcanic
stone, Korazim is known
for its syna gogue and
its haut­relief carvings
of geometric designs,
Greek­inspired figures,
and floral motifs.
Monastery
Kursi National
6 7
of the
Park
A 5th­century Byzantine Twelve Apostles
monastery and church At the eastern edge of
mark this archeological ancient Capernaum, this
site, where tradition says serene Greek Orthodox
that Jesus freed a man complex is right on the
from demons by casting water. The chapel, with
them into a herd of pigs its rich Byzantine­style
(the Miracle of the Swine). art (above), is topped by
red domes, while pea­
Sea of Galilee 9 6 cocks parade through
the delightful gardens.
7
0 87 Magdala Capernaum
4 8 0
5 A copper coin Capernaum (Kfar
90 Tabgha minted in AD 29 was Nahum in Hebrew),
3 Ginosar found by archeologists Jesus’ home base during
Sea of in Magdala’s synagogue, his years of ministry, is
8 Galilee dating the site to Jesus’ now an archeological site
92
Tiberias time. Also here is the managed by Franciscan
Ein Gev Magdala Stone, a rect­ friars (above). Highlights
2
angular block from the include a 4th­century
90
Second Temple period cream limestone syna­
Kinneret Ha-On’ that may have been gogue and a 2nd­century
1 92 used to read the Torah. dark basalt synagogue.
98
032-033_Top_10_Israel.indd 33 19/06/2017 12:57