Sepphoris (/sɪˈfɔːrɪs/ sif-OR-iss; Ancient Greek: Σέπφωρις, romanized: Sépphōris), known in Hebrew as Tzipori (צִפּוֹרִי Ṣīppōrī) and in Arabic as Saffuriya...

Battle of Sepphoris may refer to one of the following battles or sieges taking place near the village of Sepphoris: Conquest of Sepphoris by Roman client...

ministry. The main part of the trail begins in Nazareth and passes through Sepphoris, Cana (Kafr Kanna), the Horns of Hattin, Mount Arbel Cliffs, the Sea of...

The rebellion was led by Isaac of Diocaesarea (also known as Isaac of Sepphoris), aided by a certain Patricius, also known as Natrona, a name with messianic...

state of the Roman Empire. He was responsible for building projects at Sepphoris and Betharamphtha, and for the construction of his capital Tiberias on...

internal division: the inhabitants of Sepphoris and Tiberias opted to maintain peace with the Romans; the people of Sepphoris enlisted the help of the Roman...

"The Mona Lisa of the Galilee". Detail from a mosaic floor in Sepphoris....

about 400. It was, however, only about 6 kilometers from the city of Sepphoris, which was destroyed and depopulated by the Romans in 4 BC, and thereafter...

Sepphoris, where he became the religious head of the community; hence he is sometimes cited as Hanina of Sepphoris. When Mani also moved to Sepphoris...

Mosaic from the 'Nile House' of Sepphoris, c. 2nd century CE....

Galilee's largest city, Sepphoris. According to Josephus, the Syrian governor Publius Quinctilius Varus responded by sacking Sepphoris and selling the population...

The Mishnah was redacted by Judah ha-Nasi probably in Beit Shearim or Sepphoris between the ending of the second century and the beginning of the 3rd...

with the court from Beit Shearim to Sepphoris, where he spent at least 17 years of his life. Judah chose Sepphoris chiefly because of his ill health would...

Patriarch which was situated first at Usha, then at Bet Shearim, later at Sepphoris and finally at Tiberias. The Great Sanhedrin moved in 140 to Shefaram...

that this inscription came to Nazareth from somewhere else (possibly Sepphoris). Bagatti writes: "we are not certain that it was found in Nazareth, even...

Israel. It is a compilation of teachings of the schools of Tiberias, Sepphoris, and Caesarea. It is written largely in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, a...

historical record of the large number of workmen employed in the rebuilding of Sepphoris has led Batey (1984) and others to suggest that when Jesus was in his...

"Pompey's Pillar", a monument erected by Diocletian (r. 284–305) in the Serapeum of Alexandria, represented in a mosaic from Sepphoris in Roman Palestine...

press") known to the ancients as "Gob'batha of Sepphoris," situate some 3 biblical miles from Sepphoris. Marcus Jastrow explains "Gob'batha" as meanings...

administrative districts with centers in Jerusalem, Gadara, Amathus, Jericho, and Sepphoris. In 30–33 CE, Roman prefect Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth crucified...

Meanwhile, the main Crusader force under Guy of Lusignan moved from Sepphoris to al-Fula. Saladin sent out 500 skirmishers to harass their forces, and...

Desert. The remains of a 6th-century synagogue have been uncovered in Sepphoris, which was an important centre of Jewish culture between the 3rd–7th centuries...

Gadara, the third at Amathus, the fourth at Jericho, and the fifth at Sepphoris in Galilee." Julius Caesar initially supported Aristobulus against Hyrcanus...

discussions occurred at important academies at Tiberias, Caesarea, and Sepphoris. In Babylonia, these discussions largely occurred at important academies...

century), Na'aran and Beth Alpha (6th century). The large synagogue of Sepphoris (5th-6th century), more recently discovered, has a different panel scheme;...

"wine press") known to the ancients, situate some 3 biblical miles from Sepphoris. Conder and Kitchener, in their Survey of Western Palestine (vol. 1, p...

Gadara, the third at Amathus, the fourth at Jericho, and the fifth at Sepphoris in Galilee." Jewish Encyclopedia: Sanhedrin Archived 2011-09-27 at the...

Tzippori Synagogue (Sepphoris Synagogue) is an ancient synagogue discovered in Sepphoris, a Roman-era Jewish city in the Galilee, now an archaeological...

of these became members of the Sanhedrin, which was located first at Sepphoris and later at Tiberias. In the Galillee, many synagogues have been found...

Lebanon. Mount Tabor, traditional site of the Transfiguration of Jesus Sepphoris, identified some Crusaders as the place where the Virgin Mary has spent...