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Ports of Galilee

Modern drought reveals harbors from Jesus’ time

By Mendel Nun

Early 19th-century explorers, searching for places where Jesus had walked, attempted to locate the ancient harbors of the Sea of Galilee but failed. Now, after 25 years of searching and researching, we have found them. We have recovered the piers, promenades and breakwaters of the ports. We have also uncovered the ships’ anchors, the mooring stones the sailors tied their ships to, and even the weights fishermen once fastened to their nets. We always knew the harbors must be there, but we had no idea we would find so many remains. The Sea of Galilee’s shoreline has changed […]

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Footnotes

1.

See Vassilios Tzaferis, “A Pilgrimage to the Site of the Swine Miracle,” BAR 15:02.

2.

See Mendel Nun, “Cast Your Net Upon the Waters—Fish and Fishermen in Jesus’ Time,” BAR 19:06.

3.

The old outlet can still be traced. Remnants of the Roman bridge that crossed this outlet have survived.

4.

See James F. Strange and Hershel Shanks, “Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found?” BAR 08:06.

5.

See Dodo Joseph Shenhav, “Loaves and Fishes Mosaic Near Sea of Galilee Restored,” BAR 10:03.

6.

See Shelley Wachsmann, “The Galilee Boat—2,000-Year-Old Hull Recovered Intact,” BAR 14:05.

7.

Vassilios Tzaferis, “Sussita Awaits the Spade,” BAR 16:05.

8.

Midrash (plural, midrashim) designates a genre of rabbinic literature that includes homilies and commentaries on specific books of the Bible. It dates roughly from the second to the fourteenth century C.E.

9.

See Yizhar Hirschfeld, “Tiberias—Preview of Coming Attractions,” BAR 17:02.