Dalmanutha or Dalmanoutha (δαλμανουθα) is the unknown destination of

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on the shores of the Sea of Gallilee after he fed the four thousand, as recorded in Mark's gospel (). It is sometimes believed to be in the vicinity of Magdala, the alleged hometown of Mary Magdalene, since the parallel passage in

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, , refers instead to "Magadan", which has been taken to be a variant form of "Magdala". In 2013,

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reported finding a possible location of Dalmanutha in the Ginosar Plain, placing the finding place of the famous 2000-years-old

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right on the stretch of lakeshore belonging to this now ruined ancient town. That there was ever a town called Dalmanutha is disputed by biblical scholar Joel L. Watts. He maintains that "Dalmanutha" is a cue to Mark's readers regarding the battle around Magdala during the Jewish Revolt.

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*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/dalmanutha-biblical-town-gospel-of-mark-sea-of-galilee_n_3940919.html * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Dalmanutha * https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232319/http://www1.bartleby.com/65/da/Dalmanut.html * http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php?dict=dictionaries&word=Dalmanutha
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* http://www.101bible.com/About/Dalmanutha.aspx

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