Archaeologists Believe They Found Location Where Jesus Christ Taught

This is very cool... and they are just getting started.. There is video at the link..

Archaeologists Believe They Found Location Where Jesus Christ Taught

Dec 24, 2014, 10:09 AM ET

Archaeologists in Israel believe they may have uncovered the location where Jesus Christ taught and preached.

The discovery was made in the ancient town of Magdala -- thought to be the hometown of Mary Magdalene -- on the western shore of the sea of Galilee.

The Legionaries of Christ, a Catholic organization, bought land in the area, planning to build a hotel. An ancient temple was uncovered among the ruins in 2009.

Five years later, archaeologists are convinced that Jesus taught here, with relics seeming to support that theory. Among the historic treasures are a main hall with an elaborate mosaic floor; a limestone block carved with a menorah, the oldest ever found on stone; and Jewish ritual baths.

Father Juan Solana, founder of the Magdala Center, a spiritual center run by the Legionaries of Christ, said Jesus’ interactions in the area bolster the possibility that he taught at the site.

“Jesus was traveling many times with the boat, the fishermen and for sure I think he taught in that synagogue,” Solana said. “We can see Jesus surrounded by the people sitting on the benches of the synagogue, reading the Torah.”

Some of the artifacts were taken for the pope to see, the archaeologists said.

Work continues at the site, with 12 acres of the ancient city left to excavate.



Jesus is believed to have spent most of his life in the area.


http://abcnews.go.com/International...ocation-jesus-christ-taught/story?id=27811605

 

Very interesting

 

And what a great tourist attraction.

 

I'm not shocked, there's so many finds, which proves stories of the bible was true. still many refuse to believe.

 

How does finding the town of Magdla prove the Bible is true?

 

I'd like to 'find' proof of Jesus in my back yard. But I don't think an El Al ticket in his name would be accepted as authentic.

 

LOLOL..

I think Jojo hasn't thought this out. Its like saying we found the Grand Canyon so Pecos Bill must be real.

 

Well yes, they discovered the ruins of an ancient Jewish Temple. If one assumes that a Jewish Rabbi named Jesus lived in this region within the time frame in which the Temple would have been in use, then one could rightly infer that Jesus taught there. Certainly many would have taught Judaism within the confines of a Jewish Temple, and there were probably many Rabbis in that time named Yeshua. It was, after all, a fairly common name. That said, I saw no mention in the linked article of specific evidence indicating that a particular person had taught at the Temple in question.

 

The Jewish Talmud identifies 2 Magdala.

1. On the river Yarmouk. Now part of the Southern Jordan and Israel border.
2. On the Sea of Galilee. Probably depopulated during the 1948 Arab/Israeli war.

The Bible and archaeology provide us with good information about the old world and for that we can be grateful. What it doesn't do is give us any proof of many of the people or it's spiritual content.

The Film of The Hobbits and Lord of the Rings were filmed in New Zealand. If we go there we can see the land. But do we believe the content of the films.
The Bronte sisters often used local areas for their background. But we don't believe the 'reality' of their characters.

 

Just 2 points. This would be a synagogue, not a Temple. There was only one Jewish Temple - in Jerusalem.

In today's terms = a church, not a Cathedral.

You use the term Rabbi - as I often do. This term 'Rabbi' actually came in later. Jesus was a teacher. Christianity included the term retrospectively.

 

Yes, you are correct. I was using the word incorrectly. My mistake.

I understand the word "Rabbi" to mean "teacher of Torah". It is derived from the Hebrew word for "master", which is a common title for a teacher.

 

Rabbi.

This term is not used in the Tanakh. In fact it is first used about 2OO CE in Judaism. It actually comes from a Semetic root meaning 'great one' 'honourable one'. Jesus uses this meaning in Matthew 23:8 and John 13:13.
In the other references Jesus (speaking Aramaic) uses the Aramaic meaning of Rabbi - master.

Jews use the term Rabbi - teacher - in the Mishnah 200 CE

There were 'Rabbi's' in the earlier period. 10-200 CE They were the Tannaim. These had responsibilities that ordinary teachers did not have. They were also legislators and could negotiate with the Roman authorities.

The term 'Rabbi' as 'teacher' is late.

The original term 'Rab' was a teacher in Babylon.

When we read the Bible in English we don't consider the vast number of languages and meanings of words that it goes through.

That's brief.

 

Pecos Bill wasn't real? Hell, next you'll be telling me Paul Bunyan was a tall tale!

 

LOLOL.. Yep.

 

I once ate in a diner that Elvis was in.

 

Great post, Trevor... I didn't know there were two Magdlas.

 

Was Jesus born in Bethlehem of Judea or Bethlehem of Zebulun?
Archaeology would seem to indicate Bethlehem of Zebulun. A few miles from Nazareth. A heavily pregnant Mary might make this journey, not the 90 miles to Bethlehem south of Jerusalem.

 

Yes... Bethlehem of Zebulon... The guides discussed that when I was there... Whether she walked or rode a donkey the other journey would have been too much.

 

Because it's IN the Bible , Magdala, ( the Greek manuscript calleds it Megadan), was a place close to where Jesus fed the multitude ,(Matt. 15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala). This place was close to the sea of Galilee and Tiberias. But that's not the ONLY thing that proves God's words in the bible is true.

 

But Joshua's capture of Jericho and Ai are in the Bible. That isn't true. Ai was destroyed by the Egyptians 1000 year before Joshua's supposed capture.

 

When they can find out exactly where "heaven", and "hell", and "Neverland" are, then we'll be impressed, but not until then. "Jesus" can't even prove to a jury-level where "heaven" or "hell" are. He's failed.

 

Your conviction (belief) is so strong that it is a blinder to unbiased logic. In other words, your focus is on total acceptance. Magdala, Jericho, etc. don't prove anything about what happened there just by virtue of such places being cited in a biblical narrative. Superman did great things in Metropolis, so if the name of New York City is changed to Metropolis, that means superman was real.

The Bible's realistic adherence to known places does not constitute proof that the stories associated with them are necessarily true. They could very well be true, but there is no proof. Whether there is other supporting circumstantial evidence of their possible verity is another matter.

I'm not trying to dampen or contend with your faith. If you want to believe such stories are unquestionable and true, that's your due right. But when you dole it out like that, it just doesn't come across like you think it should, except to those who have the fitting mindset.

 

but what some Archeologist believe concerning this isn't what ALL believe. Some believe Ai is the same as Khirbet et-Tell ,(Horvat et-Tel). Two different time they excavated the ruins of this place. They said it was a large city destroyed some 2000 B.C.E., and no one lived there until about 2050B.C.E. Basically saying there was no inhabitants during Joshua’s time. Many have tried to change what the bible say concerning Ai. But another Archeologist don't agree with them. Just because man said this is what they believed to be, doesn't mean they are right. Since these men weren't there, and Jehovah God was. And I don't really trust ANYTHING man says. I believe God's words concerning the fall of Ai though Josh, though he fail several times at first. Some will believe God's words, and some won't concerning this. I know satan wants to make ANYTHING concerning God, Jehovah), wrong. And he will use man, (Colo.2:8), and trickery to do so ,(Ephe. 6:11). peace

 

well, no one can damper what I know concerning God. If much of biblical proof comes from them that skills calls for finding things of the pass. And they have documented proof, like the dead sea scrolls and fragments that dated over 2000 years ago. Dating before the birth of Jesus, then this isn't “circumstantial evidence”, but truth. Also, just because it doesn't seem logical to believe what I/we believe to be true. Doesn't mean what one doesn't believe IS also true because they're using what they feel is “logic”. There are MANY things which people seen or believed to be true. That doesn't mean it isn't so. If more than one person said they seen a dead person appearing before them, then disappeared. Does that mean, it didn't happen?

MANY so-caller who believe they know how the mind work. Feel they can explain it away, that doesn't mean they're explanations are right. I believe there's God because though I NEVER seen him, there's enough proof for me to believe. And I didn't go around thinking ,i want to believe in something so badly. My belief came by things that happened in my life. And just as easy as it is for believers to give it a chance NOT to believe. It's just as easy for non believers to give believing in someone they refuse to believe, a chance. Either way One of the two groups are wrong, and for all of our sakes. It'll be good if the believer are wrong. Because if we aren't, the end will happen once again just like in Noah's day. peace

 

Joshua is a huge exaggeration.. Israel didn't have a large population or a large army.. If there were any such battles, they were skirmishes. In fact, archeologists have excavated the Canaanite cities and find no evidence that they were destroyed or even interrupted. Much of the OT is written like that.. to give a panache of heroic conquests etc. Its BS.