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	Gerasa (BiblePlaces.com)
		Gerasa was one of the cities of the Roman Decapolis and is one of the best preserved cities of the Decapolis.
		The high point of Gerasa was in the 2nd century, when it had a population of 20,000-25,000.
		Gerasa (University of Exeter) A nice collection of small photos, including the temple, arch, south theater, nympheion, form and colonnaded street.
	www.bibleplaces.com /gerasa.htm (465 words)

	FREEMASONRY: THE SQUARE AND COMPASSES A book online by W.M.Bro.D.FALCONER
		Gerasa was inhabited from as early as 4000 BCE and it became one of the great cities of the Decapolis in the classical period.
		Gerasa was inhabited before the Ammonites pushed in from the desert and settled east of the Jordan River during the Early Bronze Age, some time before 2000 BCE.
		Gerasa was a significant city of the Decapolis during the Hellenistic period, when it ranked in importance with the merchant centres of Palmyra to the north and Petra to the south.
	www.freemasons-freemasonry.com /don40.html (3423 words)

	Gerasa; Gerasenes (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gerasa itself is probably represented by the ruins of Kurseh on the South side of Wady Semak, just where it opens on the seashore.
		It became the seat of a bishopric, and one of its bishops attended the Council of Chalcedon.
		Reland (Pal, II, 806) notes certain extant coins of Gerasa, from which it is clear that in the 2nd century it was a center of the worship of Artemis.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3748 (916 words)

	Jerash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jerash (Arabic جرش, ancient Gerasa) is the capital of Jerash Governorate (محافظة جرش) part of the Kingdom of Jordan.The total population of the city of Jerash and nearby villages exceeds 120,000 people.
		Jerash is situated in the north of Jordan in the ancient region of Gilead, 45km north of the capital Amman.
		Jerash, known in ancient times as Gerasa, is considered one of the most important and best preserved Roman cities in the Near East.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jerash (684 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gerasa
		Gospel (Matthew 8:28; Mark 5:1; Luke 8:26, 37) there is question of the country of the Gerasans, but if this name is to be read instead of Gadarenians or Gergesians, the reference is to another locality, near the Lake of Tiberias.
		Gerasa, once considerable, dates from the first centuries of our era, its buildings date from the emperors of the second and third centuries.
		Its destruction was brought about by earthquakes and the Arab invasions.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06469a.htm (416 words)

	Gerasa
		Simon, the son of Gioras, one of the principal leaders of the rebellious Jews, was born at Gerasa.
		In the Gospel (Matt., viii, 28; Mark, v, i; Luke, viii, 26, 37) there is question of the country of the Gerasans, but if this name is to be read instead of Gadarenians or Gergesians, the reference is to another locality, near the Lake of Tiberias.
		The prosperity of Gerasa, once considerable, dates from the first centuries of our era, its buildings date from the emperors of the second and third centuries.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/gerasa.html (340 words)

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		The ancient Arabic name of Garshu was changed to Gerasa, and Jerash became part of the Roman Empire and, soon after, a member of the Decapolis.
		In its heyday, Gerasa is thought to have had a population of as many as 20,000 people.
		The citizens of Gerasa lived to the east, and their habitations have not been excavated.
	www.mota.gov.jo /CAT6_05.HTM (1073 words)

	Jerash
		There is evidence of early human settlement in Jerash – prehistoric Neolithic flint implements east of Hadrian’s Arch and to the north, beyond the city walls are remains of an Early Bronze Age village dating to 2500 BC.
		It is believed that Theodorus, the tyrant of Philadelphia, hid his treasure in the Temple of Zeus, in Gerasa, for safekeeping.
		Gerasa, with its colonnaded avenues, temples and theaters, was an important commercial and administrative center.
	www.jerashchariots.com /project/jerash.html (406 words)

	Jerash, Jordan
		, and at the end of the 19th century, the Arab and Circassian inhabitants of the small rural settlement transformed the Roman Gerasa into the Arabic
		But it was during the period of Roman rule that Jerash, then known as Gerasa, enjoyed its golden age.
		The first known historical reference to Jerash dates back to the 2nd or early 1st century BC.
	www.atlastours.net /jordan/jerash.html (671 words)

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