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There is an interesting book by Bellarmino Bagatti, Ancient Christian Villages of Galilee (a translation from the Italian original), which I had the chance to consult recently. Much of it focuses on Christian presence in later times, but in a few instances it is able to trace evidence back to a very early period. Bagatti […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":13806,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[753,1835,1846,1848,3724,13382],"class_list":["post-13804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historical-jesus","tag-archaeology","tag-christian","tag-christianity-religion","tag-christians","tag-galilee","tag-villages"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/em> (a translation from the Italian original), which I had the chance to consult recently. Much of it focuses on Christian presence in later times, but in a few instances it is able to trace evidence back to a very early period.<\/p>\n