Tiberias

Tiberias
Tiberias; טְבֶרְיָה‬ (help·info)‎; طبرية‎;
Hebrew transcription(s)
• ISO 259	Ṭberya
• Forby spelt	Tverya (offeecial)
	Tiberias
	Coordinates: 32°47′40″N 35°32′00″E / 32.79444°N 35.53333°ECoordinates: 32°47′40″N 35°32′00″E / 32.79444°N 35.53333°E
Destrict	Northren
Foondit	c. 20 CE
Govrenment
• Teep	Ceety (frae 1948)
• Mayor	Zohar Oved
Area
• Total	10.872 km2 (4.198 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	42,610
• Density	3,900/km2 (10,000/sq mi)
Name meanin	Ceety o Tiberius
Website	www.tiberias.muni.il

Tiberias (pronounced /taɪˈbɪəri.əs/^{(deprecatit template)}; Hebrew: טְבֶרְיָה‬, Tverya (audio) (help·info); 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

↑ "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
↑ Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII.2.3
↑ The Sunday at home. Religious Tract Society. 1861. p. 805. Retrieved 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
↑ Patricia Erfurt-Cooper; Malcolm Cooper (27 Julie 2009). Health and Wellness Tourism: Spas and Hot Springs. Channel View Publications. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-84541-363-7.

[Israelpopulations-1] "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[JAoJ-2] Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII.2.3

[The_Sunday_at_home-3] The Sunday at home. Religious Tract Society. 1861. p. 805. Retrieved 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.

[4] Jewish Encyclopedia: Tiberias

[Erfurt-CooperCooper20092-5] Patricia Erfurt-Cooper; Malcolm Cooper (27 Julie 2009). Health and Wellness Tourism: Spas and Hot Springs. Channel View Publications. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-84541-363-7.

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