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Decapolis
Decapolis [Gr.,=ten cities], confederacy of 10 ancient cities, all E of the Jordan, except Scythopolis. The others were (according to Pliny) Dion, Pella, Gadara, Hippos, Gerasa, Philadelphia, Damascus, Raphana, and Kanatha. The league was constituted after Pompey's campaign (65 BC-62 BC) as a prote... Read more
Gerasa
Gerasa , Gerash, or Jerash , ancient city of the Decapolis, 22 mi (35 km) N of Amman, in present-day Jordan. According to Josephus it was captured (83 BC) by Alexander Jannaeus, king of the Hasmonean dynasty, and rebuilt (AD 65) by the Romans. Though twice destroyed thereafter, it was a flour... Read more
Amman
Amman , city (1997 est. pop. 1,415,000), capital of Jordan, N central Jordan, on the Jabbok (Wadi Zerka) River. Jordan's largest city and industrial and commercial heart, it is also a transportation hub, especially for pilgrims en route to Mecca. Amman, which is built on a series of hills and valley... Read more
Damascus
Damascus , Arabic Dimashq or ash-Sham, city (1995 est. pop. 1,500,000), capital of Syria and of its Damascus governorate, SW Syria, on the eastern edge of the Anti-Lebanon Mts. It is Syria's largest city and its administrative, financial, and communications center. Damascus stands in the oasis o... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Decapolis"

Decapolis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Decapolis [Gr.,=ten cities], confederacy of 10 ancient cities, all E of the Jordan, except Scythopolis. The others were (according...
Nicomachus of Gerasa
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the ten cities that made up the union called the Decapolis. The Decapolis was a mutual – defense and trading association...other indigenous peoples. Other famous towns of the Decapolis included Damascus (the capitol of modern Syria...
Gerasa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Gerasa , Gerash, or Jerash , ancient city of the Decapolis, 22 mi (35 km) N of Amman, in present-day Jordan. According to Josephus...ruins. Bibliography: See C. H. Kraeling, ed., Gerasa, City of the Decapolis (1938).
Jordan
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...the city fell under Roman rule. Before that time, it had flourished as a member of the league of free cities known as the Decapolis. Briefly revived in the eighth century under the Ummayyad Arabs, the entire country deteriorated in the ninth century when...
Kenath
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Kenath , in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan. It was captured and renamed by Nobah after himself. It was later the Kanatha of the Decapolis .
Beth-shan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...times it was called Scythopolis, apparently because it fell to the Scyths in the 7th cent. BC It was a principal city of the Decapolis and a major trade center. The Arabs who took it (638 BC) named it Beisan. The present-day Israeli settlement called...
Peraea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peraea , in Roman times, the area E of the Jordan River, between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, and S of the Decapolis .
Gadara
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Gadara , ancient city of the Decapolis, the modern Umm Qays (Jordan), SE of the Sea of Galilee. Extensive ruins mark the site. This Gadara must be distinguished...
Jarash
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...Jarash became a thriving Roman provincial city during the first to third centuries c.e. It was one of the ten cities of the Decapolis, a commercial federation in Roman Syria. After its decline from shifting trade routes, Jarash lay in ruins until about...
Damascus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...after his surrender to the Romans, Damascus passed (64 BC) into the Roman Empire under Pompey. One of the cities of the Decapolis confederacy, it was generally under Roman influence until the breakup of the empire. Damascus became a thriving commercial...

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Decapolis
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Decapolis The territory of ten Greek cities founded by Alexander the Great the Great and successors about 323 CE to the east of the Sea of...
Decapolis, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Decapolis, the. A region consisting of ten allied cities E. of the Jordan in biblical Palestine.
Gadara
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Gadara A city of the Decapolis, 9.6 km. (6 miles) SE of the Sea of Galilee , where Jesus healed two demoniacs in Matt. (8: 28), and one demoniac in...
Pella
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Pella A city of the Decapolis (Mark 5: 20) captured for the Romans by Pompey in 63 BCE, about 29 km. (18 miles) south of the Sea of Galilee and east of...
Gerasa
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible Gerasa An impressive city of the Decapolis in NT times rebuilt by the Romans with theatres and forum. It lies between the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee and is alluded to in Mark 5: 1. It was incorporated into the province of Syria in 63 BCE.
Bethshean
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible ...commissaries (1 Kgs. 4: 12). In the Hellenistic and Roman periods the town was called Scythopolis and was the principal city of the Decapolis (cf. Mark 7: 31) and lay on the west of the Jordan . Major excavations at the town continue.

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Gerasa and the Decapolis; a "virtual island" in northwest Jordan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 8/1/2007; 460 words ; 0715635670 Gerasa and the Decapolis; a "virtual island" in northwest Jordan. Kennedy, David. Duckworth 2006 216 pages $22.00 Paperback Duckworth debates in...
The Unique Church at Abila of the Decapolis
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...however, primarily because of its association with the league of cities known in the Bible and in other sources as the Decapolis. Abila's Natural Setting Abila is around five kilometers south of the Yarmouk River and is bound on the east by the Wadi...
The healing of the Gerasene demoniac; Mark 5:1-20.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 1/31/2005; 700+ words ; ...you." Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed. The WORD...because Jesus is in the territory of the Gerasenes in the Decapolis which has a predominantly pagan population. The swineherds...
The healing of a deaf man; Mark 7:31-37.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/13/2003; 519 words ; ...of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to Him a deaf man who had a speech impediment...into Gentile territory, among which is the district of the Decapolis. Though He claims He is sent primarily to the Jews, Jesus...
Jarash.(ancient city in Jordan)
Magazine article from: Faces: People, Places, and Cultures; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...complete of any occupied Roman city. Jarash was a member of the Decapolis--ten Roman cities of special importance. All stood east...12-14; 16-26 & 18:1-11). Jesus visited Decapolis, where he healed a deaf man (Mark 7:31-37). Driving...
The healing of the Gerasene demoniac; Mark 5:1-20.(Reflections Today)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/4/2008; 699 words ; ...for you. Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed. In today...began to proclaim the Good News of Jesus (v. 20) in the Decapolis area, the ten cities of heavily Hellenistic character; the...
Travel: A bit part in the Bible story In Jordan's ancient ruins, you can still see the ruts of the chariot wheels. Joanna Symons steps back through the centuries
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/28/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...with Syria and Israel. This was one of the cities of the Decapolis (a group of 10 autonomous towns within the Roman Empire...uncovered more layers, literally, at Pella, our second Decapolis city of the day and the site of one of the biggest digs in...
Sussita, the horse-shaped city
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 2/6/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...Pompey to impose direct rule over the whole area and consequently Hippos became one of the Roman cities of the Decapolis. The Decapolis was originally a loose federation of 10 cities, in southern Syria and Transjordan, that conducted their affairs...
The healing of the Gadarene demoniacs; Reflections Today.(Opinion/Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 7/4/2001; 537 words ; ...Galilee than Gerasa (Mk 5:1). A pagan territory, Gadara is one of the Hellenistic cities that make up the area called Decapolis or Ten Cities. This explains a herd of many swine. Jews do not raise pigs which they consider as unclean animals. The demons...
MEMORIALS: WILLIAM HAROLD MARE
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society; 3/1/2005; ; 640 words ; ...for the Near East School of Archaeology in Jerusalem. Since 1980 Harold was the director of the excavation at Abila of the Decapolis in Jordan. It was there that he died on June 22, 2004 after an automobile accident. Harold had many articles published...