In Aramaic, the word “Gamla” or “Gamala” means “camel”, the “beast of burden” in ancient Biblical times. In Hebrew, camel is “gamal”. The mountain and city of “Gamla” was described …
John the Baptist, the Wedding at “Cana” and Jesus’ First Five Disciples
By Joe Bartling
The Gospel of John is known as the “Christological” Gospel; its purpose to explain that Jesus is the “divine Son of God” and generally believed to have …
I’ve made the case in my article “Jesus’ Boyhood Hometown: Rediscovered after 2,000 Years?” that it is very possible, and even likely, that Gamla was …
Is Jesus of Nazareth Really from “Nazareth”? What’s in a Word?
By Joe Bartling
We’ve all heard from Biblical teachings that Jesus was raised in a town called Nazareth; he’s specifically called “Jesus of Nazareth” in the KJV version …
The Case of the Missing Red-Slipped Dishes in Gamla
By Joe Bartling
One of the most interesting phenomenon discovered in Gamla is the disappearance of “red-slipped dishes” and mold-made lamps in Gamla during the first century …
Jesus’ Boyhood Hometown: Rediscovered after 2,000 Years?
Its a cold case like no other that Joe Bartling has ever investigated. A forensic technologist, Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and licensed Private Investigator (PI), Joe visited Israel on five …
Judas of Gamla and the “Fourth Sect” of Judaism – The “Zealots”
By Joe Bartling
Most everyone with a Christian or Jewish education has heard of the “Pharisees”, the “Sadducees”, and even the “Essenes”. But there was a “Fourth Sect” of …
Gamla (Hebrew: גמלא) is an ancient Jewish city, inhabited as early as the Early Bronze Period (3000BCE-2000BCE), and was believed to have been founded as a fortress …
