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Revision as of 19:06, 22 July 2004 by IZAK (talk | contribs) (categ)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Galilee (Hebrew הגליל, Arabic al-jaleel الجليل), meaning circuit, is a large area currently in northern Israel, traditionally divided into three parts:
Solomon rewarded Hiram for certain services rendered him by the gift of an upland plain among the mountains of Naphtali. Hiram was dissatisfied with the gift, and called it "the land of Cabul". The Jews called it Galil.
Galilee embraces more than one-third of present-day Israel, extending "from Dan on the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, to the ridges of Carmel and Gilboa on the south, and from the Jordan valley on the east away across the splendid plains of Jezreel and Akko to the shores of the Mediterranean on the west." In Roman times, the province of Palestine was divided into three regions, Judea, Samaria, and Galilee, which comprised the whole northern section of the country, and was the largest of the three.
It was the scene of some of the most memorable events of Jewish history. Galilee also was the home of Jesus during at least thirty years of his life. The first three Gospels of the New Testament are chiefly taken up with Jesus' public ministry in this province.
During the Crusades, Galilee was organized into the Principality of Galilee, one of the most important Crusader seigneuries.
Modern Galilee is one of the few areas of Israel to have retained a large Palestinian Arab population after 1948, and has a particularly large number of Druze. Its main cities are Akko (Acre), Nazareth, and Tiberias.
See also: Sea of Galilee (also known as Sea of Tiberias)
Initial text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897. Please update as needed
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