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Includes bibliographical references and index

Sources -- The Iron Age city of Tzer -- Resettlement in the Hellenistic age -- Home of the apostles -- Across the sea-- to Bethsaida -- Fishing village -- Farming and flax production -- Houses of fishermen and others -- Jews and gentiles in Bethsaida -- Philip as ruler -- Philip's marriage -- The founding of Bethsaida as Julias -- The multiplication of loaves and fishes -- The healing of the blind man -- Woe saying against Bethsaida -- The early church, a communal meal, and the sayings of Jesus -- John 12:24 and Livia Karpophoros -- The destruction of Bethsaida

In this major revision of his prize-winning 1998 book, Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles, Fred Strickert presents nonspecialist readers with the latest findings in the ongoing excavation and evaluation of et-Tell, now identified by many archaeologists as the site of biblical-era Bethsaida. New discoveries have linked the site back to the Iron Age time of David and revealed new connections to the tetrarch Philip and his family. Strickert develops an explanation for the decline and destruction of the city sharply different from his previous conclusion. Readers of Bethsaida: Home of the Apostles will want to follow the story into this sequel.