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Kursi, Israel is the ruins of a Byzantine Christian monastery and now an Israeli national park.1The site is located east of the Sea of Galilee on the bank of a river bed descending from the Golan Heights . It is significant to many Christians and Jews because it has been identified by tradition as the site where Jesus healed two men possessed by demons (Matthew 8: 28-33) . The ruins of the monastery were first unearthed by road construction crews, and the major excavation took place between 1971 and 1974 run by Vassilios Tzaferis for the Israel Antiquities Authority . The monastery is surrounded by a rectangular stone wall measuring 120 X 140. The entrance facing the Sea of Galilee was guarded by a watchtower, and a paved road led down to a harbor where Christian boats could berth. Inside the wall the 45 X 25m church is made of a mosaic floor courtyard surrounded by pillars with pictures of animals ( chickens , geese , doves , cormorants , and fish ), parts of which were vandalized, as well as pictures of plants such as citrons , dates , pomegranates , and grapes . The monastery was occupied during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. In the 8 century the site was damaged by an earthquake and abandoned. Christian artifacts from Kursi can be viewed at the Golan Archaeological Museum .2
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Place The church seen from the paved street leading up to it.At the church entrance looking towards the northern aisle with its re-erected columns.Kursi ( Byzantine Greek Κυρσοί) is the ruins of a Byzantine Christian monastery and now an Israeli national park located in the Israel-occupied Golan Heights .
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Kursi ( Byzantine Greek Κυρσοί) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a Byzantine monastery and identified by tradition as the site of Jesus ' " Miracle of the Swine ".Part of the archaeological site is now an Israeli national park located on the Israel-occupied side of the Golan region .Kursi takes its name from the Talmudic site.A marble slab with Aramaic text discovered in December 2015 seems to indicate that the settlement had, as of ca. 500 CE, a Jewish or Judeo-Christian population.
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Kursi ( Byzantine Greek Κυρσοί) is an archaeological site in the Golan Heights containing the ruins of a Byzantine monastery and identified by tradition as the site of Jesus ' " Miracle of the Swine ". Part of the archaeological site is now an Israeli national park. Kursi takes its name from the Talmudic site. A marble slab with Aramaic text discovered in December 2015 seems to indicate that the settlement had, as of ca. 500 CE, a Jewish or Judeo-Christian population.
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Archaeological site on the Golan Heights Kursi ( Medieval Greek : Κυρσοί , Hebrew : כורסי , Arabic : الكرسي ) is an archaeological site in the Golan Heights containing the ruins of a Byzantine monastery and identified by tradition as the site of Jesus ' " Miracle of the Swine ". Part of the archaeological site is now an Israeli national park. Kursi takes its name from the Talmudic site. A marble slab with Aramaic text discovered in December 2015 seems to indicate that the settlement had, as of c. 500 CE , a Jewish or Judeo-Christian population. "Our Researchers Uncover a Unique Hebrew Inscription Showing Existence of a Jewish Village at Kursi" (Press release).
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ruins of a byzantine christian monastery and now an israeli national park
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archaeological site in the israeli-occupied golan heights of syria
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