Sepphoris

The Crusades ended here too: at the top of the hill of Sepphoris is a citadel from which Christian soldiers departed in July of 1187 for Karnei Hittin ( "the Horns of Hattin"), two large hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

Israel Now 2000

Might the atmosphere of Roman-Jewish conciliation in Sepphoris — a commercial town whose inhabitants preferred trade to warfare — have influenced him?

Israel Now 2000

Sepphoris is a story of cultural osmosis, of Jews thriving even as they adapted to pagan and Islamic mores.

Israel Now 2000

Sepphoris is testimony to the repeated invasions, infiltrations, and displacements that have lent the Middle East — geographic Palestine in particular — its distinctive feature of discontinuity, especially by comparison with such aged and revered regions as India and China.

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Whether or not Jesus and Joseph plied their trade in Sepphoris, it is likely that Jesus went there often, walking from Nazareth up the very side of the hill that is visible from my friend's balcony.

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Might the atmosphere of Roman-Jewish conciliation in Sepphoris — a commercial town whose inhabitants preferred trade to warfare — have influenced him?

Israel Now 2000

Among the vast remains of Roman-Byzantine Sepphoris is a theater probably attended by assimilated Jews.

Israel Now 2000

The Crusades ended here too: at the top of the hill of Sepphoris is a citadel from which Christian soldiers departed in July of 1187 for Karnei Hittin ( "the Horns of Hattin"), two large hills overlooking the Sea of Galilee.

Israel Now 2000

Sepphoris is testimony to the repeated invasions, infiltrations, and displacements that have lent the Middle East — geographic Palestine in particular — its distinctive feature of discontinuity, especially by comparison with such aged and revered regions as India and China.

Israel Now 2000

Sepphoris is a story of cultural osmosis, of Jews thriving even as they adapted to pagan and Islamic mores.

Israel Now 2000