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| Archaeology Discovery: First Century Synagogue Confirms New Testament Accounts Of Jesus Christ
August 21, 2016 by SkyWatch Editor
 The recently discovered ruins of a first century synagogue in Israel confirm historic accounts of Jesus’ life found in the New Testament. Located near Mount Tabor in the Nahal Tavor Nature Reserve in the lower Galilee at a site called Tel Rechesh, the synagogue ruins date back to the time of the Second Temple period, which ended in AD 79 when the Romans attacked Jerusalem. Motti Aviam, a senior researcher at the Kinneret Institute for Galilean Archaeology at the Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, explained in a statement the significance of the Tel Rechesh excavation find. “This is the first synagogue discovered in the rural part of the Galilee and it confirms historical information we have about the New Testament, which says that Jesus preached at synagogues in Galilean villages,” explained Aviam, as reported by JNS. (READ MORE) |
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