GADARA

gădˈərə, 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.

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books on: Gadara  - 414 results

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Classical Cynicism: A Critical Study
Book by Luis E. Navia; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Cynics (Greek Philosophy)
...typifies this revival was the philosopher-poet of Gadara, Meleager. Gadara was also the birthplace of Menippus and Oenomaus...for the existence of an actual Cynic community in Gadara, the roots of which are traceable to the third century...
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The Myth of a Gentile Galilee: The Population of Galilee and New Testament Studies
Book by Mark A. Chancey; Cambridge University Press, 2002
Subjects: Galilee (Israel)--Antiquities, Galilee (Israel)--History, Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D, Judaism--History--Post-Exilic Period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D
...inscriptions refer to Roman soldiers from or at Gadara. 139 Other Roman-era remains include...359 quote from 356 . At Herods death, Gadara was passed to Syria rather than to Archelaus...Svend Holm-Nielsen et al, Umm Qeis Gadara , in Denyse Homes-Fredericq and J...
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Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry
Book by Richard Aldington; Collins, 1955
Subjects: Archaeologists--Middle East--Biography, British--Middle East--History--20th Century, Lawrence, T. E--(Thomas Edward)--1888-1935, Orientalists--Great Britain--Biography, Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Middle East
...remember his remarks about Um Keis, the site of that Gadara which Meleager described as "Attic," because of...to have made the common mistake of identifying that Gadara with the "Gadara" of the swine in the New Testament, since he says...
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The Jews under Roman Rule: From Pompey to Diocletian : A Study in Political Relations
Book by E. Mary Smallwood; Brill Academic Publishers, 2001
Subjects: Jews--History--168 B.C.-135 A.D, Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D
...Galilee and Peraea-Pella, Dion, Gadara, Hippos, Abila, and possibly Gerasa...Amathus, capital of N. Peraea, and Gadara, which he puts in Coele Syria (on which see below, p. 45, n. 4). Gadara here can hardly be the Greek city in...
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Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy
Book by Michael Whitby, Joseph Streeter, G. E.M. de Ste. Croix; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Church History--Primitive And Early Church, Ca. 30-600, Martyrdom--Christianity, Persecution
...39), whether this is to be located at Gadara or Gerasa,15 both of which were cities...xwpav Tmv TEpaOEr)Vwv), in Matthew, Gadara ( ... Tmv 1a8aprwmv). In some MSS...of both Gerasa (nearly 40 miles) and Gadara (5 or 6 miles) is considerable, and...
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Water and Health: a Forgotten Connection?
Journal article by Gloria A. Moss; Perspectives in Public Health, Vol. 130, 2010
Subjects: Drinking water, Greek civilization, Medicine, Minerals, Rheumatoid arthritis, Water shortages
...Bethseda (both former Asclepian centres), Gadara and Ascalon,7 all sites with hydrotherapeutic...for treatment.9 Moreover, at ancient Gadara, to the south of Lake Tiberias, the...can still be found at Bethseda and at Gadara. Over and above these sites, Moss4...
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Acknowledgment
Journal article; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 50, 2008
Subjects: Arizona State Museum--Political activity, Arizona State University--Political activity, Community development--Case studies, Community development--Political aspects, Construction equipment industry--Case studies, Construction equipment industry--Political activity, Construction equipment industry--Political aspects, Medical research--Case studies, Medical research--Political aspects, Medicine, Experimental--Case studies, Medicine, Experimental--Political aspects, Museums--Case studies, Museums--Political aspects, Native Americans--Case studies, Native Americans--Political activity, Native Americans--Political aspects, Northern Arizona University--Political activity, Publishing industry--Case studies, Publishing industry--Political activity, Publishing industry--Political aspects, Society for American Archaeology--Political activity, University of Arizona Press--Advertising, University of Arizona Press--Political activity, University of New Mexico Press--Advertising, University of New Mexico Press--Political activity
...paper and for permission to reproduce two of his figures. We especially thank Carroll Riley, Raymond Thompson, and Manuel Gadara for reviewing this paper and providing constructive criticism and suggestions. Polly and Curtis Schaafsma, Kelley Hays-Gilpin...
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Israel, the People of God, and the Nations
Journal article by Eckard J. Schnabel; Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 45, 2002
...of the son of a woman in Phoenicia (Matt 15:21-28 par. Mark 7:24-30), the healing of a demon-possessed man in Gadara (Mark 5:1-20 par. Luke 8:26-- 39), the healing of the son of a Roman centurion (Matt 8:5-13 par. Luke 7...
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Our Poetry is like an Orange Grove: Anthologies of Hebrew Poetry in Erets Israel
Journal article by Hannan Hever; Prooftexts, Vol. 17, 1997
Subjects: Bible--O.T, Hebrew Literature, Jewish Literature, Yiddish Literature
...garland"), a collection of minor poetic works, mainly epigrams, edited by Meleager, a first-century A.D. inhabitant of Gadara. Etymologically, "anthology" in ancient Greek means "bouquet." Anthos is a flower, and legein denotes the action of...
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Brancacci, Aldo, Editor. Antichi E Moderni Nella Filosofia Di ETA Imperiale: Atti del II Colloquio Internazionale, Roma, 21-23 Settembre 2000
Journal article by Riccardo Pozzo; The Review of Metaphysics, Vol. 57, 2004
Subjects: Antichi e moderni nella filosofia di eta imperiale: Atti del II colloquio internazionale, Roma, 21-23 settembre 2000 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Psuedo-Plutarchus and Stobaeus (pp. 17-68). Two papers on cynicism and stoicism follow by Aldo Brancacci on Oenomaus of Gadara (pp. 71-110) and Francesca Alesse on Marcus Aurelius (pp. 111-34). Plotinus commanded the attention of the conference...
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Lies and Spies
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 265, December 29, 1997
Subjects: Middle East Peace Talks, 1991---Media coverage
...certainly a diligent liar. In retirement he volunteered to serve on the water board of his village, Gadara. Not long thereafter, the Gadara water board, wearied by his unceasing deceptions even in this picayune function, was forced to kick...
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Dostoyevsky Behind a Camera: Oliver Stone Is Making Great American Novels on Film
Magazine article by Garry Wills; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 280, July 1997
Subjects: Dostoevsky, Fyodor--Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers--Criticism and interpretation, Movie directors--Criticism and interpretation, Movie producers (Persons)--Criticism and interpretation, Natural Born Killers (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Novelists--Criticism and interpretation, Stone, Oliver--Criticism and interpretation
...sinner, Stavrogin. Exorcised from Stavrogin, devils rush into his accomplices--as demonic spirits were driven into swine at Gadara, according to the Gospel of Saint Luke, from which Dostoyevsky takes his novels epigraph. That is the kind of storytelling...


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From Saints to Films, the Name Says It All; ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 31, 2010
...lake and died in the water. The city of Gadara was founded by the ancient Greeks south...by the Jordanian city of Umm Qais). Gadara was a city of the Decopolis, a region...events taking place in Gerasenes, south of Gadara, high in the Jordanian mountains, miles...
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A Demonic Turn of Speed; ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 31, 2010
...lake and died in the water. The city of Gadara was founded by the ancient Greeks south...by the Jordanian city of Umm Qais). Gadara was a city of the Decopolis, a region...events taking place in Gerasenes, south of Gadara, high in the Jordanian mountains, miles...
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A Demonic Turn of Speed
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), July 31, 2010
...lake and died in the water. The city of Gadara was founded by the ancient Greeks south...by the Jordanian city of Umm Qais). Gadara was a city of the Decopolis, a region...events taking place in Gerasenes, south of Gadara, high in the Jordanian mountains, miles...
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Nailing Down Truth; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 20, 2010
...different Gospel accounts of Jesus healing of the demon-possessed man. Matthew locates the event in the area around the city of Gadara, six miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, while Mark and Luke identify it by the far larger administrative region, whose...
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She's a Dover Souler; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 20, 2010
...different Gospel accounts of Jesuss healing of the demon-possessed man. Matthew locates the event in the area around the city of Gadara, six miles south-east of the sea of Galilee, while Mark and Luke identify it by the far larger administrative region, whose...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gadara  - 5 results

 
 
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Gadara
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GADARA gad r , ancient city of the Decapolis, the modern Umm Qays...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...
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Gerasenes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GERASENES see Gadara . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Decapolis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...confederacy of 10 ancient cities, all E of the Jordan, except Scythopolis. The others were (according to Pliny) Dion, Pella, Gadara, Hippos, Gerasa, Philadelphia, Damascus, Raphana, and Kanatha. The league was constituted after Pompeys campaign (65...
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Epicureanism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the ancient world; it was spread by the successors of Epicurus, who included Polystratus, Zeno of Sidon, and Philodemus of Gadara. Only in later times did epicureanism come to mean devotion to extravagant pleasure...
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Gergesenes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GERGESENES see Gadara . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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