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Gadara

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Gad·a·ra  (gdr-)
An ancient city of Palestine southeast of the Sea of Galilee. It was one of the Greek cities of the Decapolis.
Gada·rene (gd-rn, gd-rn) adj. & n.
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Gadara, or Um Qais, also part of the Decapolis in far northwestern Jordan, where Jesus cast out the unclean spirits that fled into a herd of swine, and then ran in to the Sea of Galilee and drowned.
Jordan a refuge in the desert: one of the Middle East's most stable ... by Grennan, Heather / U.S. Catholic
Vaage (1994), cannot be cannot be discussed without a proper study of the communications and possible contacts via roads and boats on the Sea of Galilee between Galilean areas and the nearby Decapolis city of Gadara, well known for its philosophical schools (Vaage 2000).
The construction of Galilee as a place for the historical Jesus--part ... by Moxnes, Halvor / Biblical Theology Bulletin
and disregarding the older, more complex Menippean tradition, named after its founder Menippus of Gadara (third century B.
Toni Morrison's 'Sula': a satire on binary thinking by Bergenholtz, Rita A. / African American Review
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