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'''Gamla''' (Gamala) was a Jewish fortified town in Northern Galilee (Golan Heights).
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==Overview==
 
Gamla derives its name from ''gamal'' (Heb. ''camel'') since it was situated  on a hill shaped like a camel's hump. It was built as a fortress on inaccessible slopes by the [[Seleucids]]. Conquered by [[Alexander Jannaeus]] around 81 BCE, it became the center of the Jewish region of Gaulanitis. It was the hometown of [[Judah the Galilean]], who led a tax revolt against the Romans in 6  CE.
 
During the [[Jewish War]] Josephus  reinforced the fortifications of the city. It was the last settlement in the north to hold out against the Romans (67 CE). It was totally destroyed after a bloody siege. 
 
==Gamla in ancient sources==
====Josephus, Life====
Life 46-47, 58, 61, 114, 177-179, 183-185.
 
====Josephus, War====
War 1.105, 166; 4.4-8, 11-54, 62-83;
 
====Josephus,  Antiquities====
Ant 13.394-396; 18.4;
 
==Gamla in scholarship==
Gamla was excavated by S. Gutman on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
 
==Gamla in fiction==
 
==References==
 
*''' Gamla ''' / [[Kenneth Atkinson]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]], 657-658
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamla Wikipedia]  
*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/gamala.html Jewish Virtual Library] / [http://www.bibleplaces.com/gamla.htm BiblePlaces.com]




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