Galilee (Hebrew: הגליל, transliteration HaGalil; Arabic: الجليل, translit. al-Jalīl) is a region in northern Israel. It overlaps with much of the administrative Northern District of the country, with the exception of the Golan Heights and the Valleys (Jezreel, Harod, Beth Shean and Jordan Valleys with Mount Gilboa). Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee (Hebrew: גליל עליון Galil Elyon), Lower Galilee (Hebrew: גליל תחתון Galil Tahton), and Western Galilee (Hebrew: גליל מערבי Galil Ma'aravi), extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa north of Jenin and Tulkarm to the south, and from the Jordan Rift Valley to the east across the plains of the Jezreel Valley and Acre to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the coastal plain in the west. Historically, the part of Southern Lebanon south of the east-west section of the Litani River also belonged to the region of Galilee, but the present article mainly deals with the Israeli part of the region.
A galilee is a chapel or porch at the west end of some churches where penitents waited before admission to the body of the church and where clergy received women who had business with them.
The first reference to this type of narthex is most likely found in the consuetudines cluniacensis of Ulrich, or the consuetudines cenobii cluniacensis of Bernard of Cluny, (See De processione dominicali). Since the definition of this type of narthex is ambiguous, this ecclesiastical structure can not be uniquely attributed to Cluny with certainty.
Examples of galilees remain at Durham Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, and Lincoln Cathedral.
Galilee is a novel by Clive Barker, published in 1998. It chronicles the rise and fall of two very different, but equally powerful dynasties. The first dynasty, the Gearys, are a glamorous and rich family, similar to the Kennedys, who have been a power in America since the Reconstruction. The Barbarossas are a family of godlike beings. The two parents, Cesaria and Nicodemus, came into existence during the Bronze Age, somewhere between Canaan and the city of Samarkand. They have since had four children, the eldest of which is the titular Galilee.
The novel begins with an introduction to the manor of L'Enfant where Cesaria lives along with three of her children, Marietta, Zabrina and Luman. Also living there is Edmund Maddox, the son of Nicodemus and a human woman. Maddox had been crippled in an accident many years before which also resulted in the death of Nicodemus and Maddox's wife, Chiyojo. Maddox decides to write a book telling of the conflict between the Gearys and the Barbarossas and when brought to a dome at the top of L'Enfant is provided back the usage of his legs along with new knowledge that enables him to tell the story. Throughout the novel we are told various stories involving Maddox and his half-siblings.
Jesus took a walk by the water side of the Sea of Galilee
(Walkin' by the sea, the Sea of Galilee)
Jesus told the men at the waters edge,
Drop your nets and follow me
(Walkin' by the sea, the Sea of Galilee)
You've been fishin' in the sea for such a long time
But now these days are comin' to an end
(Walkin' by the sea, the Sea of Galilee)
Come right now and walk along with me
And I will make you fishers of men
(Walkin' by the sea, the Sea of Galilee)
Jesus means for us to follow
What was good for then is just as good for now
We can be the same right now as Peter,
James and John were then
The Bible tells you how
When Jesus took the walk by the water side
He was beckoning to you and me
Callin' men from every time and ever where
Who really, really wanted to be free
Jesus wants you now to leave your nets
And to dedicate your life to Him
He only wants to share His everlasting love