Tabgha 3.97

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Tiberias,
Israel

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Tabgha is an area situated on the north-western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. It is traditionally accepted as the place of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the fourth resurrection appearance of Jesus after his Crucifixion. Between the Late Muslim period and 1948, it was the site of a Palestinian Arab village.EtymologyThe site's name is derived from the Greek name Heptapegon . Its pronunciation gradually changed to "Tabego", and was eventually changed to "Tabgha" by the Arabic speakers. St. Jerome referred to Heptapegon as "the solitude" .HistoryByzantine periodIn the Byzantine period, the water of the springs at Heptapegon was collected in three water towers and sent via an aqueduct to the Plain of Ginosar, where it was used for irrigation; the three towers seem to be recorded in the mosaic floor of the 5th-century Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha.A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed Tabgha, marked by the word Moulin .The 4th-century tower-like octagonal reservoir at Ein Nur Spring and the aqueduct it connected to are traditionally attributed to Ali, a son of the 18th-century ruler Dhaher al-Umar). The reservoir is locally known as Birket Ali edh-Dhaher, "Pool of Ali edh-Dhaher". The Palestine Exploration Fund's 1881 Survey of Western Palestine stated that the masonry of the structures indicates an Arab origin, thus agreeing with this tradition.

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