Tiberias

Tiberias (; , Tverya ; , ) is a ceety on the wastren shore o the Sea o Galilee, Lawer Galilee, Israel. Establisht in 20 CE,  it wis named in honour o the emperor Tiberius.Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews XVIII.2.3

Tiberias haes been veneratit in Judaism syne the middle o the 2nt-century an syne the 16t century, haes been considered ane o Judaism's Fower Holy Ceeties, alang wi  Jerusalem, Hebron an Safed.Jewish Encyclopedia: Tiberias In the 2nt-10t centuries, Tiberias wis the lairgest Jewish ceety in the Galilee, an the poleetical an releegious hub o the Jews o Palestine. Accordin tae Christian tradition, Jesus performed several miracles in the Tiberias diestrict, makin it an important pilgrimage site for devoot Christians. Tiberias haes historically been kent for its hot springs, believed tae cure skin an ither ailments, for thoosans o years.

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