Beit She'arim necropolis (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים, "House of Gates") is an extensive necropolis of rock-cut tombs near the remains of the ancient Jewish...

Beit She'arim (moshav), a village in Israel Beit She'arim National Park, a park centred around the necropolis of the Roman-era Jewish village This disambiguation...

catacombs of Palermo, Catacombs of Syracuse and others Israel – Beit She'arim necropolis Malta – Catacombs of Malta Peru – Catacombs of Lima Philippines...

of the Mishnah), who was buried in the adjoining necropolis. It is today part of the Beit She'arim National Park. The site is situated on the spur of...

Beit She'arim (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁעָרִים, lit. 'House of Gates') is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Ramat Yishai, it falls under...

also had a Jewish community; inscriptions in Palmyrene from the Beit She'arim necropolis in Lower Galilee confirm the burial of Palmyrene Jews. During the...

hardships. From Shefar'am, the Sanhedrin transferred to Beit Shearim (now part of the Beit She'arim necropolis), where the Sanhedrin was headed by Judah. Here...

Numbers 8:1-4 Babylonian Talmud (Menahot 28b); Maimonides, Mishne Torah (Hil. Beit ha-Baḥirah 3:10 ). Figure is based on the accepted rabbinic view that there...

Christian images). The decoration of cave walls and sarcophagi at the Beit She'arim necropolis also uses images, some drawn from Hellenistic pagan mythology,...

and the Garden Tomb. The ruins of Beit She'arim (Sheikh Abrekh in Arabic) in the Galilee preserve a vast necropolis with catacombs containing a large...