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Kursi

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Kursi (Byzantine Greek Κυρσοί) (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.Our Researchers Uncover a Unique Hebrew Inscription Showing Existence of a Jewish Village at Kursi, University of Haifa, December 2015. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

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