Intercity Relations in Roman Palestine: The Case of Sepphoris and Tiberias

AJS Review ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart S Miller
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Major Road ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Roman Palestine

Sepphoris and Tiberias were the most important administrative and rabbinic centers of Roman Galilee. The two cities had much in common: both were associated with Herod Antipas, who rebuilt Sepphoris sometime after a futile revolt in 4 B.C.E. and still later founded Tiberias; both had jurisdiction over the bank and archives of Galilee at various times during the first century; both had pro-Roman factions in the First Revolt, though that of Sepphoris was more influential; both maintained Hellenistic institutions and minted coins; both were connected by the major road built by Hadrian from Acco to the Sea of Galilee;5 both would eventually become home to the Sanhedrin and the patriarchal house; both maintained communities ofpriests associated with a particular mishmar (priestly course), and finally, both attracted many prominent tannaim and amoraim who establishednoted academies.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Oluf Emerson ◽  
Kevin T. Smiley
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Critical Questions ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
To Come

The book’s claim is that cities in the twenty-first century are diverging in their fundamental priorities in one of two directions: toward markets or toward people. In introducing the concepts of Market Cities and People Cities, we make our primary argument that cities are not the homogeneous lot that many urban scholars might lead us to believe. Rather, our investigation of Copenhagen and Houston supplies the evidence that there are wide and important differences across cities. In this chapter, we state this argument, address a few critical questions, illustrate the concepts using a journey through our two cities, and preview the chapters to come.

scholarly journals Acqua nella valle del Lico (Hierapolis di Frigia e Laodicea)

Axon ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Guizzi
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Supply System ◽  
Water Supply System ◽  
Time Span ◽  
First Century ◽  
Asia Minor ◽  
Two Cities ◽  
Augustan Age

The paper addresses some issues on water and the water supply system of two cities of the Lycus Valley (Asia Minor) in the imperial age: Hierapolis of Phrygia and Laodicea on the Lycus. Many authors testify to the phenomenon of Hierapolis’ springs of hot waters. Vitruvius witnesses the use of water for the construction of fences in the first century BCE. So does Strabo more or less in the same time span, while the jurist of Augustan age, Antistius Labeo, refers precisely to the case of Hierapolis when treating the interdictum de aquis frigidis. In the second part of the article, some inscriptions of Laodicea referring to fountains and the water supply system are studied.

Mark’s Story

2021 ◽  
pp. 16-40
Author(s):  
Alicia D. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Gospel Of Mark ◽  
First Century ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Minor Characters ◽  
Parable Of The Sower ◽  
Roman Palestine

This chapter begins the study of the canonical Gospels with the earliest Gospel written rather than the first in the Christian canon: the Gospel of Mark. After offering basic background on authorship, provenance, and date of composition, this chapter outlines the historical and political contexts of Roman Palestine in the first century CE. This introduction leads into a discussion of Mark’s apocalyptic perspective and presentation of Jesus’s mission as a cosmic battle. Following this background information, the chapter offers a literary overview of the Gospel and explores major themes and passages, including Jesus’s characterization, the Parable of the Sower and minor characters, Jesus’s time in Jerusalem, and the various endings of the Gospel of Mark. The chapter ends with a conclusion describing Mark’s challenge for its readers to choose between fear and faith.

scholarly journals The land is mine

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest Van Eck
Keyword(s):  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
First Century ◽  
Roman Palestine

The parables told by Jesus the Galilean, when read from a realistic perspective, can be seen as a window to the exploitative socio-economic, political and religious situation of the peasantry in first-century Roman Palestine. The Galilean’s parables picture this exploitative world, and also speak of ways to address the societal ills of his day. In an agrarian world, land meant life. For most of the peasantry, however, this was not the case anymore. In reaction to this situation, Jesus proclaimed the possibility of a world in which the land, especially its produce, belongs to everyone. This world he called the kingdom of God, a different kind of world, a world ruled by God’s generosity and goodness. In this world, everybody has enough.

scholarly journals Stone and iron: economic interactivity at the Roman rural site of Châbles (Fribourg, Switzerland)

2020 ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Anderson Timothy J.
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Rural Site ◽  
Major Road ◽  
Wooden House ◽  
Current Article

The current article presents the analysis of the rural Roman complex of Châbles excavated in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The site dates to the first century AD and comprises four contemporary features: a small quarry (grès coquillier) serving to extract rotary querns; a segment of a major road six metres wide; a smithy characterised by workshop sheltering a hearth and numerous slag, metal cuttings and hammer scales; and traces (postholes) of a modest wooden house. The study focuses on the economic interactivity of the site’s different elements.

Community Participation in Probation: A Tale of Two Cities

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Rosenbaum ◽  
James L. Grisell ◽  
Thomas Koschtial ◽  
Richard Knox ◽  
Keith J. Leenhouts
Keyword(s):  
Community Participation ◽  
Two Cities
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