Dalmanutha
Dalmanutha ( Greek Δαλμανουθά ) is a place mentioned in the New Testament on the Sea of Galilee in Israel .
In Mk 8,10 EU Mark writes : "And immediately he got into the ship with his disciples and came to the region of Dalmanutha." This happened after the " feeding of the four thousand ". Matthew writes in Mt 15.39 EU after the feeding: "And after he had released the crowd, he got into the ship and came to the region of Magdala."
Scientists therefore suspect that Dalmanutha could refer to the Greek watchtower near Magdala , or to Magdala itself. Others suspect that Dalmanutha refers to the ruined village of El-Mejdel in the Ain-el-Barideh valley, about one kilometer from Magdala. Still others suspect that the Magdala area was called that.
Outside of the Gospel of Mark , this place is not mentioned in any source.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dalmanutha - a place on the west of the Sea of Galilee, mentioned only in Mark 8:10. In the parallel passage it is said that Christ came "into the borders of Magdala" (Matt. 15:39). It is plain, then, that Dalmanutha was near Magdala, which was probably the Greek name of one of the many Migdols (i.e., Watch-towers) on the western side of the lake of Gennesaret. It has been identified in the ruins of a village about a mile from Magdala, in the little open valley of 'Ain-el-Barideh, "the cold fountain," called el-Mejdel, possibly the "Migdal-el" of Josh. 19:38.
- ↑ Metzer in his travel description from 1698 speaks of a city Magdala in the Dalmanutha region, Description of Palestine , p. 124
literature
- Description of Palestine. Herdersche Verlagbuchhandlung, Freiburg and Karlsruhe 1830.
- Mario Marina: Dalmanuta La Gloria di Dio. 1999 (Spanish); Marini: Dalmanutha The Glory of God. Ares, Milan 2003.