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Tiberias
 


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Most of the articles listed below are in the Dig Sites folder on Camino : Files.
 
 
Archaeological Evidence
 
Excavation websites
 
 
 
Excavation Reports
 
Cytryn-Silverman, Katia.  "Tiberias, from Its Foundation to the End of the Early Islamic Period."  In Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, vol. 2, The Archaeological Record from Cities, Towns, and Villages (ed. David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015) 186-210.
 
Hirschfeld, Yizhar.  "Tiberias."  In Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 16 (ed. Ayala Sussmann, Dafnah Strauss and Rachel Kudish; Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 1997) 35-41.
 
Related Site
 
Savage, Carl E.  "Hamath Tiberias."  In Galilee in the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic Periods, vol. 2, The Archaeological Record from Cities, Towns, and Villages (ed. David A. Fiensy and James Riley Strange; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2015) 211-16.
 
 
Associated Artifacts
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Avi-Yonah, M.  "The Foundation of Tiberias."  Israel Exploration Journal 1 (1950–1951) 160-69.
 
Ben Arieh, Ronny.  "Area B: The Mosaic Floors."  In Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 16 (ed. Ayala Sussmann, Dafnah Strauss and Rachel Kudish; Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 1997) 41-2.
 
Damati, Emanuel.  "A Greek Inscription from a Mausoleum in Tiberias."  Atiqot 38 (1999) 91*-92*; English abstract on pp. 227-8.
 
Damati, Emanuel and Yosef Stepansky.  "Tiberias, Decorated Stones."  In Excavations and Surveys in Israel, vol. 16 (ed. Ayala Sussmann, Dafnah Strauss and Rachel Kudish; Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 1997) 138-9.
 
Dothan, M.  Hammath Tiberias: Early Synagogues and the Hellenistic and Roman Remains.  Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, University of Haifa Department of Antiquities & Museums, 1983.
 
Hamburger, H.  "A Hoard of Syrian Tetradrachms from Tiberias."  Atiqot 2 (1959) 133-45.
 
Hirschfeld, Yizhar.  A Guide to Antiquity Sites in Tiberias.  Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 1992.
 
Hirschfeld, Yizhar and Orit Peleg.  "A Glass Pendant from Tiberias."  Israel Exploration Journal 56:2 (2006) 201-208.
 
Kanael, Baruch.  "Notes Concerning the Chronology of the Coins of Agrippa II."  Israel Numismatic Bulletin 5 (1963) 7-13.
 
Kindler, A.  The Coins of Tiberias.  Tiberias: Hot Springs, 1961.
 
Schwabe, Moses.  "On the History of Tiberias, An Epigraphic Study."  In Commentationes Iudaico-Hellenisticae in Memoriam I. Lewy (ed. Moses Schwabe and I. Gutman; Jerusalem: Magness Press of the Hebrew University, 1949) 200-251.  [in Hebrew; Professor has copy]
 
Stein, Alla.  "Gaius Julius, An Agoronomos from Tiberias."  Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 93 (1992) 144-8.
 
Stepansky, Yosef.  "Two Mausolea on the Northern Fringes of the Roman-Period Cemetery of Tiberias."  Atiqot 38 (1999) 73*-90*; English abstract on pp. 226-7.  [Only the English abstract is posted on Camino]
 
Weiss, Ze'ev.  "Sculptures and Sculptural Images in Urban Galilee."  In Sculptural Environment of the Roman Near East: Reflections on Culture, Ideology, and Power (ed. Yaron Z. Eliav, Elise A. Friedland and Sharon Herbert; Interdisciplinary Studies in Ancient Culture and Religion 9; Dudley, Massachusetts: Peeters, 2008) 559-74.  [Article in Sepphoris folder]
 
Wirgin, W.  "A Note on the Reed of Tiberias."  Israel Exploration Journal 18 (1968) 248-9.
 
 
Literary Evidence
 
Primary Texts
 
  • Gospel of John 6:1-71; 21:1-24

  • Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 18.2.3

  • Josephus, Jewish War 4.1 §3

  • Miller, Stuart S.  "Josephus on the Cities of Galilee: Factions, Rivalries and Alliances in the First Jewish Revolt."  Historia 50:4 (2001) 453-67.  [Article in Sepphoris folder]
     
    Weiss, Zeev.  "Josephus and Archaeology on the Cities of the Galilee."  In Making History: Josephus and Historical Method (ed. Zuleika Rodgers; Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism 110; Boston: Brill, 2007) 385-414.
 
Connections of Material to Jesus: Secondary Literature
 
Von Wahlde, Urban C.  "Archaeology and John's Gospel."  In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 523-86, especially pp. 523-8, 566-68.  [Whole article in Galilee folder]
 
 
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