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-*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Gamla (subject)]]
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-*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Gamla (sources)]]
-'''Gamla''' (Gamala) was a Jewish fortified town in Northern Galilee (Golan Heights).
-==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 [[Judas 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==
-*See [[Gamla (sources)]]
-==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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