Galilee is the most vital location in biblical narratives and with it is linked the Sea of Galilee which Naphtali possessed; desert of Judah, the western side of the Dead Sea, Hormah, Arad, Adullam, Bethel, Tappuah, Hepher, and Aphek are located in and around Galilee. After Bethany, the scene of resurrection is here; the Greek word Galilee identifies Gilgal.
Differences in Resurrection narratives though find traditions attached to two different localities, it is not that very important as the two places are indistinguishably neighbourly to each other. Appearances in Jerusalem are attested by Lk, Jn 20, and the Markan Appendix ; and appearances in Galilee are attested by Mt, Jn 21, and presumably in Mk. Jesus going to Tyre from Galilee is one of the most important events but it has not been taken seriously by Commentators. This is an unfortunate thing for church history.
This was the most beautiful place in Palestine, and its heart-shaped-lake was called in Hebr Chinnereth. It is synonymous with Charmanavati of Indian puranas, it was a floating island, according to some ancient texts. Chinese pilgrims mention a place called Chinapati which he visited after visiting Sakala.
Pliny quoting Megasthenes, mentions a people belonging to the region between Indus and the Bidaspes, called Arsa-galitae; it is identified. This primarily marks the region of Ras, and some of its people known as ‘galitae’ perhaps, it identifies them as follower of the ‘Wheel’. Ras is name of a plain and also name of a river that flows in between Jerusalem and the ancient Babylon; this separates the land of the mortals from the land of the immortals.
The word ‘Gola’ refers to a social group who belongs to the fishermen’s community. In Homeric epics, they were called Galaktophagoi. Alexander’s historians know them as Glausai, or Glaukanikoi. Alexander proceeded to the land of the Glausai from country of Poros. It was a part of ancient India, then.
The Sea of Galilee has been misunderstood by biblical Commentators; it identifies exactly the Caspian Sea itself.
Gilgals means a circle; its link with traditions of Jericho highlights its geographical situation near this city whose other name is Jara-pidhi, or the ‘place of sickness’, or ‘death’. This is the place where the Buddha died, and Pali texts gives it the name of Kusinagar, one of the six places in the kingdom of Cush( of the Bible) or Kusha( of the Ramayana).
This city was under the control of Israelites for some times, and its connection with Makkadah is most important. Both Jericho and Makkadah are connected with Byzantium narratives. Some scholars are of the opinion that Gilgal should be read Gelioth; Joshua’s headquarters was at Gilgal, the Ephramite city at Shiloh. Shilos was a successor to Gilgal which shows that Jerusalem and Gilgal or Galilee are neighbourly to each other like Mt Galboa and Bethany.
The name Gilgal is said to have come from gll, the verb to roll; the journey of an angel from Gilgal to Bochim sees Jerusalem as its neighbour.
The Hebrew word giyl is also related to Hebr word galgal, meaning a wheel; the other words like galal , meaning to roll, and galiyl meaning a turning, are mostly connected to the ‘Wheel’ or ‘Chakra’. This marks the preaching of the ‘Law’ of the Buddha here.
Biblical Gaul is same as Gaya of Indian puranas; name of Gayasura, or the demon of Gaya identifies the demon on the Tree at Gaya.