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Notes reporter Stephen G. Rosenberg, senior fellow of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archeological Research in Jerusalem: "The suicidal flight of the 'Gerasene swine' into the lake fits the hilly topography of Kursi pretty well, which no doubt persuaded the early Christian pilgrims to come to this place to celebrate the miracle performed by Jesus.
It was in the third century that the pilgrims started coming...for worship and spiritual contemplation."
ruined chapel
As for the site of the miracle itself, adds Rosenberg, "the excavators found a ruined chapel and tower on a hill 200 meters southeast of the monastery.
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Source: Stephen G. Rosenberg - The Jerusalem Post