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Gadara (găd`ərə), ancient city of the Decapolis, the modern Umm Qays (Jordan), SE of the Sea of Galilee. Extensive ruins mark the site. This Gadara must be distinguished from Gadara, the capital of Perea, which was destroyed by Vespasian in 68 B.C. The terms Gadarenes, Gergesenes, and Gerasenes appear variously for the locale of the celebrated miracle of the possessed swine reported in the New Testament. They probably refer to an obscure town on the east shore of the lake. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Gadara, or Um Qais, also part of the Decapolis in far northwestern Jordan, where Jesus cast out the unclean spirits that fled into a herd of swine, and then ran in to the Sea of Galilee and drowned. Vaage (1994), cannot be cannot be discussed without a proper study of the communications and possible contacts via roads and boats on the Sea of Galilee between Galilean areas and the nearby Decapolis city of Gadara, well known for its philosophical schools (Vaage 2000). and disregarding the older, more complex Menippean tradition, named after its founder Menippus of Gadara (third century B. |
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