The Anchor Church at the Summit of Mt. Berenice, Tiberias

What ruins lay at the top of Mt. Berenice, high above Old Tiberias: Not the fabled palace of the first-century Queen, of course! Instead, a large, sixth-century Byzantine church. In the inner sanctuary of the church itself, a mysterious cult stone in reuse from the Early Bronze Age! Destroyed by an...

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Main Author: Hirschfeld, Yizhar (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholars Press 1994
In: The Biblical archaeologist
Year: 1994, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 122-133
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Summary:What ruins lay at the top of Mt. Berenice, high above Old Tiberias: Not the fabled palace of the first-century Queen, of course! Instead, a large, sixth-century Byzantine church. In the inner sanctuary of the church itself, a mysterious cult stone in reuse from the Early Bronze Age! Destroyed by an earthquake in 749 CE, the church was rebuilt during the early Islamic period: The first church of the Abbasid period ever found in Israel.
Contains:Enthalten in: The Biblical archaeologist
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3210407