Tiberias
Open the place on the mapFounded on the Sea of Galilee by Herod Antipas around 20. The Sanhedrin sat here, the Jerusalem Talmud took shape here and the Masoretes fixed the text of the Bible here; the Rambam is buried here.
What happened here
Herod Antipas (Galilee & Perea)−4 – 39
Magdala Stone5
Rabbi Meir100 – 163
Bruriah110 – 160- Rabbi Yochanan bar Nafcha180 – 279
- Resh Lakish200 – 275
Sanhedrin Relocates to Tiberias220
Hamat Tiberias Mosaic300
Jerusalem Talmud350
Gamaliel VI HaNasi370 – 425
End of the Jewish Patriarchate425
Masoretic Text Tradition600
Aleppo Codex920
Battle of Hattin4 Jul 1187
A. D. Gordon1856 – 1922
Second Aliyah1904
Degania, the first kibbutzOct 1910