Most of the articles listed below are in the Dig Sites folder on Camino : Files.
Archaeological Evidence
Excavation Websites (there are two, competing contenders)
Et-Tell
Bethsaida Archaeology - Site sponsored by the University of Omaha International Studies and Programs office
Beit Habek / El Araj
El Araj Excavation Project - Site sponsored by the Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins, Nyack College, Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, and Hadevar Yeshiva
Excavation Reports
Et-Tell
Arav, Rami. "Bethsaida 1996–1998." Israel Exploration Journal 49:1-2 (1999) 128-36.
--------. "Bethsaida, 2000." Israel Exploration Journal 51:2 (2001) 239-46.
Arav, Rami and Carl E. Savage. "Bethsaida." In Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, vol. 2, The Archaeological Record from Cities, Towns, and Villages (ed. David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015) 258-79.
Arav, Rami and Richard A. Freund, eds. The Bethsaida Excavations Project Reports & Contextual Studies, Bethsaida Excavations Project, 4 vols. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press, 1995-2009.
Hoppe, Leslie J. "A Tale of Two Bethsaidas." The Bible Today 56:6 (2018) 377-83.
Et-Tell
Arav, Rami. "Bethsaida—A Response to Steven Notley." Near Eastern Archaeology 74:2 (2011) 92-100.
--------. "A Response to Notley's Reply." 74:2 (2011) 103-104.
Arav, Rami, Richard A. Freund and John F. Shroder, Jr. "Bethsaida Rediscovered: Long-Lost City Found North of Galilee Shore." Biblical Archaeology Review 26:1 (2000) 44-56.
Geyer, Patrick Scott. "Evidence of Flax Cultivation from the Temple-Granary Complex et-Tell (Bethsaida/ Julias)." Israel Exploration Journal 51:2 (2001) 231-4.
Kuhn, Heinz-Wolfgang and Rami Arav. "The Bethsaida Excavations: Historical and Archaeological Approaches." In The Future of Early Christianity: Essays in Honor of Helmut Koester (ed. Birger A. Pearson et al.; Minneapolis: Fortress, 1991) 77-106.
Savage, Carl E. Biblical Bethsaida: An Archaeological Study of the First Century. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington, 2011.
Schoenwetter, James and Patrick Scott Geyer. "Implications of Archaeological Palynology at Bethsaida, Israel." Journal of Field Archaeology 27:1 (2000) 63-73.
Shroder, John F. "Response to Notley's Comments." Near Eastern Archaeology 74:2 (2011) 100-101.
Beit Habek / El Araj
Aviam, Mordechai. "First-Century Galilee—New Discoveries." Early Christianity 9:2 (2018) 219-26.
Notley, R. Steven. "Et-Tell Is 'Not' Bethsaida." Near Eastern Archaeology 70:4 (2007) 220-30.
--------. "Reply to Arav." Near Eastern Archaeology 74:2 (2011) 101-103.
Connections of Material to Jesus: Secondary Literature
Arav, Rami. Bethsaida and Biblical Archaeology, The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins Library 8. North Richland Hills, Texas: D. & F. Scott, 2004.
--------. "Bethsaida." In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 145-66.
--------. "New Testament Archaeology and the Case of Bethsaida." In Das Ende der Tage und die Gegenwart des Heil: Begegnungen mit dem Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt: Festschrift für Heinz-Wolfgang Kuhn zum 65. Geburtstag (ed. Michael Becker and Wolfgang Fenske; = Journal of Jewish Studies vol. 32; Boston: E. J. Brill, 1999) 75-99.
Evans, Craig A. "A Tale of Two Cities: What We Have Learned from Bethsaida and Magdala." In Jesus and the Remains of His Day: Studies in Jesus and the Evidence of Material Culure (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 2015) 5-28.
Von Wahlde, Urban C. "Archaeology and John's Gospel." In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 523-86, especially pp. 523-8, 533-8. [Whole article filed in Galilee folder]
