* Tiberias, sive Commentarius Masoreticus ( 1620 ; quarto edition, improved and enlarged by J. Buxtorf the younger, 1665 ), so named from the great school of Jewish criticism which had its seat in the town of Tiberias.

He frequently made pilgrimages to Tiberias, even after he had become well known as rector of the Caesarean Academy ( Yer.

As a Hebrew scholar he made a special study of the history of the Hebrew text, which led him to the conclusion that the vowel points and accents are not an original part of the Hebrew language, but had been inserted by the Massorete Jews of Tiberias, no earlier than the 5th century ; he also concluded that the primitive Hebrew characters are those now known as the Samaritan, while the square characters are Aramaic and were substituted for the more ancient at the time of the captivity.

Raymond reluctantly made peace with Guy after this, and Saladin immediately besieged Tiberias, rather than pillage the kingdom as the Crusaders expected.

Guy gathered his army at Nazareth, planning to besiege Tiberias, but Balian disagreed with this, and instead suggested that Guy send an emissary to Raymond in Tripoli, hoping the two could be reconciled before Guy made a foolish attack on Saladin's larger army.

Life 430 ) – where the author for the most part re-visits the events of the War, apparently in response to allegations made against him by Justus of Tiberias ( cf.

Tiberias, Haifa, Safed, Beisan, Jaffa and Acre fell, resulting in the flight of more than 250, 000 Palestinian Arabs.

Finally, it moved to Tiberias in 193, under the presidency of Gamaliel III ( 193 – 230 ) ben Judah haNasi, where it became more of a consistory, but still retained, under the presidency of Judah II ( 230 – 270 ), the power of excommunication.

He was responsible for building projects at Sepphoris and Betharamphtha, and more important for the construction of his capital Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Epiphanius, writing of Joseph of Tiberias, a wealthy Roman Jew who converted to Christianity in the time of Constantine, says he claimed to have received an imperial rescript to build Christian churches in Jewish towns and villages where no gentiles or Samaritans dwell, naming Tiberias, Diocaesarea, Sepphoris, Nazareth and Capernaum.

According to Christian tradition, Jesus performed several miracles in the Tiberias district, making it an important pilgrimage site for Christians.

In 614, Tiberias was the site, where during the final Jewish revolt against the Byzantine Empire, parts of the Jewish population supported the Persian invaders ; the Jewish rebels were financed by Benjamin of Tiberias, a man of immense wealth ; according to Christian sources, during the revolt Christians were massacred and churches destroyed.

The Christian convert Joseph of Tiberias was one of his disciples.

A Shia sect of Muslims believe that it will be found by Mahdi near the end of times from Lake Tiberias.

His rabbinic education was acquired mainly at Tiberias, in the academy presided over by R. Johanan, with whom his relations were almost those of a son ( Yer.

The Black Hebrews number about 3000 in Dimona, with additional families in Arad, Mitzpe Ramon and the Tiberias area.

: 6: 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

either netser, " branch ", or natsor, " to guard ", " to watch " ( the name which may have given that of Nazareth, and Sea of Tiberias ( John 6: 1, etc.

), from the town of Tiberias at its southwestern end, called after the Greek name of Tiberius.

Its major towns were Tiberias — which was capital of the district — Qadas, Baysan, Acre, Saffuriya and Kabul.

In 1187, the Ayyubid Sultan, Saladin, defeated the Crusaders in the Battle of Hattin ( above Tiberias ), taking Jerusalem and most of Palestine.

In 1660, a Druze revolt led to the destruction of the major Old Yishuv cities of Safed and Tiberias.

The second is when Jesus goes up to Jerusalem for Passover and cures the paralytic, after which He withdraws over the sea of Tiberias.

The Arab population in the mixed cities of Tiberias, Safed, Haifa, Jaffa, Beisan and Acre and in the neighbouring villages fled or were expelled during this period.

A great north-south geological rift, forming the depression of Lake Tiberias ( Sea of Galilee ), the Jordan Valley, and the Dead Sea, is the dominant topographical feature.

Godfrey did indeed increase the boundaries of the kingdom, by capturing Jaffa, Haifa, Tiberias, and other cities, and reducing many others to tributary status.

Raymond of Tripoli allied with Saladin against Guy and allowed a Muslim garrison to occupy his fief in Tiberias, probably hoping that Saladin would help him overthrow Guy.

Raymond and Guy finally agreed to attack Saladin at Tiberias, but could not agree on a plan ; Raymond thought a pitched battle should be avoided, but Guy probably remembered the criticism he faced for avoiding battle in 1183, and it was decided to march out against Saladin directly.

He was born in Córdoba, Almoravid Empire ( present-day Spain ) on Passover Eve, 1135, and died in Egypt ( or Tiberias ) on 20th Tevet, December 12, 1204.

Maimonides died on December 12, 1204 ( 20th of Tevet 4965 ) in Fustat, and it is widely believed that he was briefly buried in the study room ( beit hamidrash ) of the synagogue courtyard, and that, soon after, in accordance with his wishes, his remains were exhumed and taken to Tiberias where he was re-interred.

* Urdunn ( Jordan ), with capital in Tiberias ; roughly speaking, it consisted of the rest of Palestine as far as Tyre.

However, the parties were unable to come to an agreement due to President Bill Clinton's failure to consult with the Syrian President, Hafez al-Assad during the negotiating process, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's backtracking on the issue of the northeastern shore of Lake Tiberias and Syria's nonnegotiable demand that Israel withdraw to the positions it held on 4 June 1967.

This was chiefly done by Aaron ben Moses ben Asher, in the Tiberias school, based on the oral tradition for reading the Tanakh, hence the name Tiberian vocalization.

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the " Mayflower ," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the " Mayflower ," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566 – 1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the " Mayflower ," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

The elder daughter Marguerite in 1605, married Henri, Duke of Rohan, while the younger Louise in 1620 married Alexandre de Lévis, Marquess of Mirepoix.

It was created in 1620 for Sir Oliver St John, the Lord Deputy of Ireland, with special remainder to the male issue of his niece Barbara, wife of Sir Edward Villiers, elder half-brother of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey and John Villiers, 1st Viscount Purbeck.

* George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos ( 1620 – 1655 ), elder son of the 5th Baron, died without male issue

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the " Mayflower ," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the " Mayflower ," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

The Brewster Genealogy, 1566-1907: a Record of the Descendants of William Brewster of the " Mayflower ," ruling elder of the Pilgrim church which founded Plymouth Colony in 1620.

In 1620 his domain was incorporated into the Duchy of Stettin, which he inherited on the death of his elder brother Francis.