Biblical studies
There are 139 items in Biblical studies:
Tiberias
Tiberias: capital of Galilee, founded by Herod Antipas.Tiberias On the western shore of Lake Galilee capital of Galilee, founded between 17 and 20 CE by Herod Antipas, who wanted a second residence (besides Sepphoris) unfortunately, situated on top of a cemetery; few people…Typhon
Typhon (Greek Τυφῶν): in Greek mythology a giant monster, opponent of the supreme god Zeus and the Olympian gods. Typhon The first…Tyre
Tyre (Phoenician צר, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean.Origins …Tyre, city, temple of Melqart
Tyre (Phoenician צר, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean. The temple of Melqart was one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient world. …Ugarit (Ras Shamra)
Ugarit (Hebrew אוּגָרִית): Bronze Age port in northern Syria, destroyed in the early twelfth century BCE, modern Ras Shamra. Cuneiform tablets illustrate the religion of ancient Canaan, i.e., the gods against which the first Jewish prophets polemicized.History …Yehuda ha-Nasi
Yehuda ha-Nasi (c. 200 CE): rabbi, collector of rabbinical traditions, author of the Mishnah. Sepphoris, House of the Dionysus Mosaic, Detail.…Yohanan ben Zakkai
Yohanan ben Zakkai (second half first century CE): rabbi, one of the founders of rabbinical Judaism. Modern reconstruction of an ancient…