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Magdala (Aramaic: מגדלא / ''Magdala'', meaning "elegant", "great", or "tower" (viz. "great place"); Hebrew: מגדל / ''Migdal'', meaning "tower"; Arabic: قرية المجدل / ''Qariyat al-Majdal'') is the name of at least two places in ancient Israel mentioned in the Jewish ''Talmud'' and one place that may be mentioned in the Christian ''New Testament''. ==Disputed location names== The New Testament makes one disputable mention of a place called Magdala. Matthew 15:39 of the King James' Version () reads, "And he () sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala". However, some Greek manuscripts give the name of the place as "Magadan", and more recent translations (such as the Revised Version) follow this. Although some commentators〔Jones, 1994〕 state confidently that the two refer to the same place, others〔Horton, 1907〕 dismiss the substitution of Magdala for Magadan as simply "to substitute a known for an unknown place". The parallel passage in Mark's gospel gives (in the majority of manuscripts) a quite different place name, Dalmanutha, although a handful of manuscripts give either Magdala or Magadan〔Throckmorton, 1992, p. 96〕 presumably by assimilation to the Matthean text—believed in ancient times to be older than that of Mark, though this opinion has now been reversed. The Jewish ''Talmud'' distinguishes between two Magdalas only.〔Merk, August. "Magdala." ''The Catholic Encyclopedia.'' Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 31 Oct. 2009 * Magdala Gadar—One Magdala was in the east, on the River Yarmouk near Gadara (in the Middle Ages "Jadar", now Umm Qais), thus acquiring the name Magdala Gadar. * Magdala Nunayya—There was another, better-known Magdala near Tiberias, Magdala Nunayya ("Magdala of the fishes"), which would locate it on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Al-Majdal, a Palestinian Arab village depopulated in the lead up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war was identified as the site of this Magdala. The modern Israeli municipality of Migdal (Khirbet Medjdel), founded in 1910 and about 6 km NNW of Tiberias, has expanded into the area of the former village. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Magdala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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