24 December 2022 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Rubric: General, Union for the Mediterranean
Reading Time: 8 minutes
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Magdala was an ancient
Jewish city on the shore of the
Sea of Galilee, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of
Tiberias. In the
Babylonian Talmud it is known as
Magdala Nunayya, and which some historical geographers think may refer to
Tarichaea, literally the place of processing fish. It is believed to be the birthplace of
Mary Magdalene. Until the
1948 Arab–Israeli War, a small
Palestinian Arab village,
al-Majdal, stood at the site of ancient Magdala, while nowadays the modern
Israeli municipality of
Migdal extends to the area.
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23 November 2022 | Author/Destination: Editorial / Redaktion | Rubric: Portrait
Reading Time: 7 minutes
Josephus – Fictional portrait in William Whinston’s English translation of ‘Antiquitates’
Titus Flavius Josephus was a first-century
Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for
The Jewish War, who was born in
Jerusalem—then part of
Roman Judea—to a father of
priestly descent and a mother who claimed royal ancestry.
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