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Day 7
Around the Sea of Galilee
Beit She'an National Park -- the biblical mound containing remains of the city to which the Philistines brought the bodies of Saul and his three sons (1 Sam. 31:10), and capital of the Greco-Roman alliance of cities known as the Decapolis, Bet Shean boasts colonnaded streets, mosaics, temples, fountains, pools, a theater, an amphitheater and more.
Tiberias -- The present-day capital of the Sea of Galilee, built by Herod Antipas and once the headquarters of the Sanhedrin, ancient Tiberias is now undergoing excavation that will one day reveal in all their glory its market streets, colonnades, theater and more treasures.
Visit the dig, as well as Hamat Tiberias National Park -- the remains of a magnificent synagogue mosaic and Mount Berenice -- the Anchor Church.
Capernaum -- the first of the three cities of the "evangelical triangle" (including Bethsaida and Korazim) to return from historical oblivion, with Byzantine and Roman remains of a synagogue, a church and dwellings that raise many interesting questions and illustrate New Testament stories.
Bethsaida -- excavations are underway of the Roman city that figured centrally in the ministry of Jesus, and of huge remains of the biblical city of Geshur, hometown of David's wife Maacah (2 Sam. 3:3).
Korazim National Park -- an early Talmudic-era synagogue that is interesting to compare to Capernaum's, with the replica of its original Moses Seat, a ritual bath, dwellings and other elements that bring alive Talmudic descriptions of community life.
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