Editing Magdala (section)

=== The Talmud's two Magdalas ===
The [[Judaism|Jewish]] [[Talmud]] distinguishes between two Magdalas:<ref name="Merk" />

* Magdala Gadar—One Magdala was in the east, on the [[Yarmouk River|River Yarmouk]] near Gadara (in the Middle Ages "Jadar", now [[Umm Qais]]), thus acquiring the name Magdala Gadar.
* Magdala Nunayya—There was another, better-known Magdala near [[Tiberias]], Magdala Nunayya ("Magdala of the fishes"), which would locate it on the shore of the [[Sea of Galilee]]. Al-Majdal, a Palestinian Arab village depopulated in the lead up to the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War|1948 Arab-Israeli war]], was identified as the site of this Magdala. The modern [[Israel]]i municipality of [[Migdal (town)|Migdal]], founded in 1910 and about {{convert|6|km|mi|abbr=in}} north-northwest of Tiberias, has expanded into the area of the former village.