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Tiberias (/ taɪˈbɪəriəs / ty-BEER-ee-əs; Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה, Ṭəḇeryā ⓘ; Arabic: طبريا, romanized: Ṭabariyyā) [3] is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. A major Jewish center during Late Antiquity, it has been considered since the 16th century one of Judaism 's Four Holy Cities, along with Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed. [4] .
Overview. Tiberias. Quick Reference. A city founded by Herod Antipas (20 ce) as his new capital to replace Sepphoris, in honour of the emperor Tiberius on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias, John 6: 1; 21: 1), on an important trade route.
Oct 11, 2024 · Tiberias, city, northeastern Israel, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee; one of the four holy cities of Judaism (Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, Ẕefat [Safed]). Tiberias was founded by Herod Antipas (ruled 4 bce–39 ce), tetrarch of Galilee under the Romans, in 18 ce, and named for the reigning.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tiberias, Israel: Center for the Research of Tiberias, 1995. A comprehensive work in Hebrew, presenting the main structures and establishments of Tiberias mentioned in the Talmudic literature. Each establishment is discussed on the basis of literary and archaeological evidence, followed by the sources themselves (usually in Aramaic), their ...
- Shulamit Miller
In 614 a monk of Mt. Sinai went to Tiberias to become a Jew. He received the name of Abraham, and married a Jewess of that city (Antiochius, "Homilia Octoginta-Quarta," in Migne, "Patrologia Græca," xii. 265).
The book aims to provide the most accurate picture possible of the nature and history of the rural settlement in the Lower Galilee during Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods when this region played an important role in the development of both Judaism and Christianity.
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Tiberias (/ taɪˈbɪəriəs /; Hebrew: טְבֶריָה, Tverya, Tiveria (audio) (help·info); Arabic: طبرية, Ṭabariyyah) is a city in northern Israel. It is located along the Sea of Galilee, in the Lower Galilee at the Jordan Valley.
