ISRAEL PHOTOS III -- A COLLECTION OF PHOTOS FROM ISRAELWITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SCENES AND SITES PERTINENT TO THE STUDY OF CHRISTIANITY |
HIPPOS
January 2006 Hippos as seen from Rte. 98 looking towards the north shore of the lake.
Hippos was a city of the Decapolis that was reduced to ruins. The Decapolis was an alliance of 10 cities extending from Damascus,
Syria in the north to the ruins of Philadelphia, Jordan in the south.
Mark 7:31 (WEB) Again he departed from the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the region of Decapolis. Mark 5:20 (WEB) He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled. Hippos is Greek for horse, it was also known as Susita that is Arabic for horse. The town name's meaning survived
for 2000 years, but the spelling changed in translation. It is an Israeli National Park. It was on the hill near the
center of the photo. I took about 55 minutes to walk up from En Gev to the town ruins This was the main street of Hippos. The ruins were
excavated to the Byzantine (c. 325 - 600 AD) layers. These are the remains of a tripartate (three part) church. Similar churches were found in cities in the Negev after the Nabateans converted
to Christianity. There was a white marble carving showing a cross in one of the three churches on the mountain. The area was not fully excavated during my visit in January of 2006. The Roman road exited the town down the west end of the mountain; visible along left edge of hill. It is a rough road with switchbacks. Hippos Excavation Web Site:
http://hippos.haifa.ac.il/ Parable of the Mustard Seed
Susita National Park January 2006
January 2006
January 2006
Cross and laurel of victory, Hippos, Jan 2006
January 2006
January 2006
A Mustard Field Along Highway 87-North Shore of Galilee
Mustard Seeds in the Palm of a Hand
Mustard Flowers
Giant Mustard
Upper Most Seats of the Synagogue
The Fig Tree
Mt of Olives Fig Tree, April 12-13, 2005
Fig and Pomegranite Trees Below Siloam in Jerusalem
Sycomore Fig Tree
The Good Shepherd
The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
Goat Herder
Camels
Ritual Cleansing
Shechem
The Olive Harvest of Samaria
Mt. Ebal
Olive Tree
Pearl of Great Price
A First Century Synagogue at Gamala
Overview of Gamala
Modern Galilee Fishing Boats
Kursi
Caves and/or Tombs
Steep Slope Near Kursi
Hippos
Feeding the 5,000
On the Mountain
Walking on Water
Ramot-Tzelon area
Mt. Hermon
The Pools of Bethesda in Jerusalem
Healing Pools
Crusader Chapel and St. Ann Church
Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem
Hezekiah's Tunnel
Overlook to Siloam
Tower of Siloam
A Watch Tower in a Vineyard/Olive Grove
Grape Vines at Beth Horan
Towers
Mt. Precipice
South Face
Summit
Over the edge
Measuring Line
View of Nazareth from near Megiddo
Nazareth
The Basilica of the Annunciation
Capernaum
Healing a Paralytic in Capernaum
Bethsaida
Waterskins and Wineskins
The Fish and the Coin
Barbel
A Denarius
Casting Out a Demon
The Road to Jericho
Old Roman Road
Wilderness Above Jericho
Old Jericho
Western Wall
Gethsemane and the Cave of Gethsemane
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Rolling Stone Tombs - Jerusalem
Other Rolling Stone Tombs
Tiberias
Solar Power in Israel
Salt of the earth
Chorazin
OTHER WEB SITES BY DAVID HALL:
Israel Photos VI
Israel Photos V -- Spring 2011
Israel Photos IV -- Pilgrimage
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