Tiberias
| Tiberias | |||
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| Ebreu transcription(s) | |||
| - Ebreu |  טְבֶרְיָה? |
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| - ISO 259 | Ṭberya | ||
| Arabic transcription(s) | |||
| - Arabic | طبرية | ||
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  Tiberias
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| Coordinates: 32°47′47.76″N 35°32′8.58″E / 32.7966°N 35.5357167°E | |||
| Destrict | North | ||
| Foondit | c. 20 CE | ||
| Govrenment | |||
| - Heid o Municipality | Zohar Oved | ||
| Aurie | |||
| - Tot | 10,872 dunams (10.9 km2 / 4.2 sq mi) | ||
| Indwallers (2009)[1] | |||
| - Tot | 41,300 | ||
| Name meaning | Ceety o Tiberius | ||
| Wabsteid | www.tiberias.muni.il | ||
Tiberias (pronounced /taɪˈbɪəri.əs/; Ebreu: טְבֶרְיָה, Tverya (audio)?; Arabic: طبرية, Ṭabariyyah) is a ceety on the wastren shore o the Sea o Galilee, Lawer Galilee, Israel. Establisht in 20 CE, it wis named in honour o the emperor Tiberius.[2]
Tiberias haes been veneratit in Judaism syne the middle o the 2nt-century[3] an syne the 16t century, haes been considered ane o Judaism's Fower Holy Ceeties, alang wi Jerusalem, Hebron an Safed.[4] In the 2nt-10t centuries, Tiberias wis the lairgest Jewish ceety in the Galilee, an the poleetical an releegious hub o the Jews o Palestine. Accordin tae Christian tradition, Jesus performed several miracles in the Tiberias diestrict, makin it an important pilgrimage site for devoot Christians. Tiberias haes historically been kent for its hot springs, believed tae cure skin an ither ailments, for thoosans o years.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 2,000 Residents and Other Rural Population. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (2010-06-30). Retrieved on 31 October 2010. .
- ↑ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII.2.3
- ↑ (1861) The Sunday at home. Religious Tract Society. Retrieved on 17 October 2010. “Tiberias is esteemed a holy city by Israel’s children, and has been so dignified ever since the middle of the second century.”
- ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia: Tiberias
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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