Talk:Magdala

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I've had to protect this article against vandalism. If those who insisted on replacing it with an article on their band would contact me, we might be able to sort something out. Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 19:19, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

can som1 at least clean up the first sentence? and can you give some examples of vandalism? Xunflash 3 July 2005 19:39 (UTC)

Check the article history. I'll unprotect it so that you can clean it up, though. Mel Etitis ( &Mu;&epsilon;&lambda; &Epsilon;&tau;&eta;&tau;&eta;&sigmaf; ) 3 July 2005 22:00 (UTC)


 * There are many views about this place, and its significance - and they are not all "orthodox". It gets a lot of attention in Josephus "Wars" as one of his staging places in the war. I have not seen anybody else offer the etymology below - and I think it should go into the article itself if verifiable. It certainly slashes to pieces all the "tower" and "fish" theories. However, I have found this very interesting Herodian parallel in Josephus about an alternative "Mariamme Magdala" which most certainly is about a Tower, and an historical "Mary". I've slipped it in to the para on Mary Magdelene, as an interesting parallel. Donach (talk) 09:31, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Added a connected reference to Mariamme's execution in order to cement the connection beyond any doubt. Donach (talk) 00:30, 3 November 2014 (UTC)& Donach (talk) 00:56, 3 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Are you the one who wrote that paragraph (on 1st November 2014)? Can you please explain who on God's green Earth was "Titus b. Vespasian"?  Is it Titus Flavius Vespasianus, the later Emperor who fought the Judaean War?  If so, what is that "b." supposed to mean?  It cannot possibly be the Jewish patronymic "ben/bar", since Vespasian was neither Jewish nor his father was called Vespasian — he was called T. Flavius Sabinus.  Please clarify and hyperlink your explanation. --Wtrmute (talk) 00:28, 31 May 2016 (UTC)

Magdala photos & review

 * I've made the link. The site is less cautious than modern scholars would be, but within the terms of the standard traditions about Magdala it is certainly very informative.  seglea 22:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

I have been to Magdala. The etymology is quite clear to me. Mag is "Marsh" and Dala is "Dale". The towers were probably there to signal boats to come in to the marsh Schaeberg, 2004, p. 54. Back in the day the marshes were ports. Boats were built in the shallow waters and dragged or moored ashore. Magadan most likely refers to the town that was there again Maga is "Marsh" and Dan is "Don, Tun, Ton, or Town"

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Identification
This is very dubious that the article is not specific - if there were 2 Magdala's, then we need two articles.GreyShark (dibra) 13:33, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Magdala is now an archeological park, located 2km south of Migdal. As it seems, archeologists proved that this site is also Tarichaea from Josephus' writings. I am going to re-write this article to only talk about Magdala Nunayya from the Talmud, which is Tarichaea and also, the origin of Mary Magdalene.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 23:09, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Merge with al-Majdal, Tiberias
These two articles discuss exactly the same place, with significant amount of overlap. Onceinawhile (talk) 14:20, 4 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Support: Yup, seems pretty obvious. It's slightly more advantageous than that, with the articles offering two sides of the same coin, so merging will produce a better whole. Iskandar323 (talk) 20:25, 5 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose. We have many articles that are for the same place, different time periods: Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul, Mandatory Palestine/Israel, Pueblo de Los Ángeles/Los Angeles, etc.
 * Oppose Well-sourced and deserving of a self-standing entry.--Geewhiz (talk) 08:58, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * More like self-serving entry. It is a POVFORK with al-Majdal, Tiberias containing all the early modern history of the place, and this page excluding that, recounting mentions in ancient texts and history only up to the Mamluks. Iskandar323 (talk) 09:44, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Support; given the extensive overlap, with both articles covering the same or similar places during many different periods, I think that both articles are best merged to combine the material in one place; currently, there seems to be a WP:POVFORK. Klbrain (talk) 10:36, 28 August 2023 (UTC)


 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 08:52, 23 September 2023 (UTC)