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Gamla: One of the Six Biblical Cities of Refuge
November 21, 2015 · No comments

  By Joe Bartling Exodus 21:13 and 14 provides the first mention in the Hebrew...

Gamla’s 1st Century CE Synagogue
November 19, 2015 · No comments

  By Joe Bartling The Synagogue at Gamla is one of the few synagogues in...

Gamla, the camel-backed mountain
November 18, 2015 · No comments

  From: The Times of Israel Founded by King Janneus around 80 B.C.E., Gamla was...

Judas of Gamla and the “Fourth Sect” of Judaism – The “Zealots”
November 16, 2015 · No comments

  By Joe Bartling   Most everyone with a Christian or Jewish education has heard...

An Introduction to Gamla
November 15, 2015 · No comments

  By Joe Bartling Gamla (Hebrew: גמלא) is an ancient Jewish city, inhabited as early as...

Gamla: City On A Hill
October 31, 2014 · No comments

  By Joe Bartling There were many cities and towns in the Galilee region during...

My first visit to Gamla – 2010
October 19, 2014 · No comments

  By Joe Bartling I first visited Gamla in April of 2010 during a trip...