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In October 2009, two new caves were opened to the public whose burial vaults date to the first two centuries CE. Catacomb no. 20 and no. 14 are regularly open to the public, but most catacombs remain closed to the public, with a few being opened on weekends upon special request and prior appointment.
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Moshe Sharon speculates that this poem might be marking the beginning of the practice of treating this site as the sanctuary of Sheikh Abreik and suggests the site was used for burial at this time and possibly later as well. He further notes that the cave within which the inscription was found forms
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Rabbi Shimon. Another inscription refers to the tomb of "Rabbi Anania", believed to be Judah's student Hanania bar Hama. According to the Talmud, Judah declared on his deathbed that "Simon my son shall be hakham , Gamaliel my son patriarch, Hanania bar Hama shall preside over the great court".
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part of a vast area of ancient ruins which constituted a natural place for the emergence of a local shrine. Drawing on the work of Tawfiq Canaan, Sharon cites his observation that 32% of the sacred sites he visited in Palestine were located in the vicinity of ancient ruins.
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In 1956, a bulldozer working at the site unearthed an enormous rectangular slab, 11 × 6.5 × 1.5 feet, weighing 9 tons. Initially, it was paved over, but it was eventually studied and found to be a gigantic piece of glass. A
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Zelcer (2002), p. 74: "In 1954 two adjoining sepulchres in cave 14 in Bet She'arim were discovered bearing the inscriptions in Hebrew and Greek "R. Gamliel" and "R. Shimon", which are believed to be the coffins of the
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considers Beth She'arim of international importance (Volume 1, p. 309-11); Tessa Rajak considers its importance regional ("The rabbinic dead and the Diaspora dead at Beth She’arim" in P. Schäfer (ed.),
1078: 1021:("Cave of Hell") catacomb during excavations conducted there in 1956. The sophisticated and beautifully worded elegy was composed by the previously unknown poet Umm al-Qasim, whose name is given in 587:, but in 135 CE, when Jews were barred from the area, Beit She'arim became an alternative. The fact that Rabbi Judah was interred there led many other Jews from all over the country and from the 713:, a total of 59 Arab tenants were evicted from the three villages, with 3,314 pounds compensation paid. In 1925 an agricultural settlement was established on the ruins of Sheikh Abreik by the 2892: 774:
as a watchman, reported that he had found a breach in the wall of one of the caves which led into another cave decorated with inscriptions. In the 1930s and 1950s, the site was excavated by
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contained therein had almost all been broken-into by grave robbers in search for treasure. This pillaging was believed to have happened in the 8th and 9th centuries CE based on the type of
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recorded Sheikh Abreik with a population of 111 Muslims. At some time during the early 1920s, the Sursuk family sold the lands of the village, including the necropolis, to the
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for health reasons, but planned his burial in Beit She'arim. According to tradition, he owned there land he received as a gift from his friend, the Roman emperor
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From the beginning of the Early Islamic period (7th century), settlement was sparse. Excavations uncovered 75 lamps dating to the period of
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Die Institution des jüdischen Patriarchen, eine quellen- und traditionskritische Studie zur Geschichte der Juden in der Spätantike
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were first explored by archaeologists in the 20th-century, the tombs had already fallen into great disrepair and neglect, and the
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Aside from an extensive body of inscriptions in several languages, the walls and tombs have many images, engraved and carved in
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Although only a portion of the necropolis has been excavated, it has been likened to a book inscribed in stone. Its catacombs,
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written on behalf of the deceased show a strong Hellenistic cultural influence, as many of them are taken directly from
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are adorned with elaborate symbols and figures as well as an impressive quantity of incised and painted inscriptions in
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in Ottoman Palestine. After the sale, which included lands from the Arab villages of Harithiya, Sheikh Abreik and
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that once contained the remains of the dead. These have since been removed, either by grave-robbers, or by
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Two lions facing each other, a Greek mythological scene decorating a sarcophagus in the Cave of the Coffins
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Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 43 (2013): British Museum, London; Article by Yosef Tobi,
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List of villages sold by Sursocks and their partners to the Zionists since British occupation of Palestine
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Wall inscription (epitaph) in Greek: "The tomb of Aidesios, head of the council of elders, from Antiochia"
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Israel Guide - Lower Galilee and Kinneret Region (A useful encyclopedia for the knowledge of the country)
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Hirschberg (1946), pp. 56–57; p. 33 plate b. Christian Robin rejects the interpretation of the ligature
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In 2014, the excavations at the site were resumed after a 50-year pause by Adi Erlich, on behalf of the
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visited the site in late 1872 and described one of the systems of caves, known as "The Cave of Hell" (
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typical of the 9–10th century and containing the date AH 287 or 289 (AD 900 or 902) was found in the
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Vitto, Fanny (1996). "Byzantine Mosaics at Bet She'arim: New Evidence for the History of the Site".
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The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology
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The Holy Land: An Oxford archaeological guide, From earliest times to 1700, Jerome Murphy-O'Connor
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Pottery shards discovered at the site indicate that a first settlement there dates back to the
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In 1937, Benjamin Mazar revealed at Beit She'arim a system of tombs belonging to the Jews of
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National parks declared by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories and Golan Heights
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There is some evidence of activity in the nearby village area and necropolis dating to the
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pronunciation of the name is also "Bet She'arayim", which is more closely related to the
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Beit She'arayim was founded at the end of the 1st century BCE, during the reign of King
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was located above the necropolis at least from the late 16th century. A map by
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The Jews of Yemen in light of the excavation of the Jewish synagogue in Qanī’
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The archaeological importance of the site was recognized in the 1880s by the
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Rock-cut graves in Catacomb no. 14, thought to belong to Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi
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Catacomb no. 14 ("Cave of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi"), entrance door from within
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activist who was responsible for most of the major land purchases of the
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were found on the walls of the catacombs containing numerous sarcophagi.
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Stone door at entrance to Catacomb no. 20 imitating embossed wooden door
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Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae (CIAP), vol. III: D–F
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73 Years Later, Row Erupts Over Discovery of Beit Shearim Caves
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9:3), the town's name is written in an elided-consonant form, (
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Decorated sarcophagus in "Cave of the Coffins", Catacomb no. 20
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facility from the 9th century was also found at the site (see
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on the northeast and is located five kilometres west of the
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in the poem, and it can be read in Moshe Sharon's book or
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Antoninus. The most desired burial place for Jews was the
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and sarcophagus in "Cave of the Coffins", Catacomb no. 20
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1 (Tübingen 1997), pp. 349–66); S. Schwartz however, in
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Facade of catacomb no. 14, "Cave of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi"
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and contains more than 30 burial cave systems. When the
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Excavations at Beit She'arim, 1955 - Preliminary Report
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can no longer be seen. The only secured inscription is
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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The Oxford encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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furnace was located here in the 9th century during the
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The popular orthography for the Hebrew word for house,
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Facade of Catacomb no. 20, the "Cave of the Coffins"
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Chamber with decorated sarcophagus (bull and eagle)
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Others came from 795:University of Haifa 335:World Heritage Site 326:, led by Patriarch 161:Governing body 141: /  2426:Jerusalem District 2025:Sharon (2004), p. 1653:, evidence to the 1613:2019-12-22 at the 953: 913: 816: 791: 770:, employed by the 760: 748: 740: 559:, and thence into 555:, from there into 537: 432:Yechezkel Kutscher 285: 277: 266: 258: 225:Reference no. 150:32.70222; 35.12694 91:Location in Israel 3060: 3059: 3050:of Jerusalem and 2868: 2867: 2850: 2849: 2736:Southern District 2708:Tel Aviv District 2464:Northern District 2454:Judaean Mountains 2378:Wikimedia commons 2222:978-90-04-13197-2 2108:Yisrā’ēl ba-‘Arāb 1955:Menae presbyteros 1902:and his brother." 1869:Babylonian Talmud 1825:, 5 November 1936 1637:Avneri, 1984, p. 1606:Karmon, 1960, p. 1551:Babylonian Talmud 973:Menae presbyteros 921:Babylonian Talmud 806:Jewish necropolis 715:Hapoel HaMizrachi 475:Sursock Purchases 250: 249: 220: 114:Nearest city 16:(Redirected from 3160: 3133:Jewish catacombs 3073:IUCN Category II 2926:Old City of Acre 2895: 2888: 2881: 2872: 2871: 2741: 2740: 2658:Alexander stream 2650:Central District 2602:Yehi'am Fortress 2497:Belvoir Fortress 2407: 2400: 2393: 2384: 2383: 2358:Jacques Neguer, 2313: 2307: 2299: 2290: 2284: 2276: 2259: 2257: 2255: 2226: 2205:Brill Publishers 2192: 2190: 2188: 2155: 2131: 2105: 2093: 2071: 2046: 2039: 2030: 2023: 2017: 2016: 2014: 2013: 2004:. 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Index

Beit She'arim National Park
Beit She'arim (Roman-era Jewish village)
IUCN category
national park

Map showing the location of Beit She'arim National Park
Haifa District
Israel
Haifa
32°42′8″N 35°7′37″E / 32.70222°N 35.12694°E / 32.70222; 35.12694
Israel Nature and Parks Authority
UNESCO World Heritage Site
2015
session
1471



Menorah

Hebrew
necropolis
Jewish
Beit She'arim
Haifa
Lower Galilee
Sanhedrin
Judah I
UNESCO
World Heritage Site

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