Footnote 2 – Searching for Bethsaida: The Case for El-Araj
Our initial season in 2016 was aided by the Biblical Archaeology Society’s gift of $20,000 toward “a new excavation that answers a question,” in the words of Editor Emeritus Hershel Shanks. As it happens, Hershel called me (Notley) on Christmas Day 2015 to inform me of his decision to assist. That certainly was a highlight of my Christmas! See Hershel Shanks, First Person: “What Should We Do with $25,000?” BAR, May/June 2015; Hershel Shanks, First Person: “BAR Gives Away $50,000,” BAR, September/October 2016.