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ISRAEL · 32.8°N 35.3°E · HERITAGE SITE

Sepphoris (Zippori)

Sepphoris / Zippori / DiocaesareaRoman/Byzantine Galilee capital · 1st c. BCE-6th c. CE

Roman-Byzantine Galilee capital where Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi redacted the Mishnah (c. 200 CE); famed for its synagogue mosaic.

Modern locality anchor

Sepphoris (Zippori)

Israel · Heritage site · 32.8°N 35.3°E

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Where is Sepphoris (Zippori)?

Land geometry: Natural Earth 1:50m via world-atlas. Pins mark modern localities or representative regional anchors stored on Atlas place records, not historical borders and not reconstructed positions. · Sources & methods

THE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED

What happened to the Jewish community of Sepphoris (Zippori)?

100–500

Jewish-majority city; seat of the Sanhedrin under Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi

Today

Today

National park; adjacent modern moshav Zippori.

LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY

What did Sepphoris (Zippori) sound like?

Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Jewish Aramaic (Ancient Judeo-Aramaic)Judeo-Greek (Yevanic)

Jewish Aramaic (Ancient Judeo-Aramaic) is a language with its own grammar, literature, and history — not “broken” anything, and not a dialect of Hebrew.

AFTER · IN FULL COLOR

What survives today?

In Sepphoris (Zippori)

National park; adjacent modern moshav Zippori.

  • Zippori National Park

    archaeological park · historic site

    Synagogue mosaic ("Mona Lisa of the Galilee") and Roman villa.

In memory

Texts and figures that carry Sepphoris (Zippori) forward.

Mishnah (משנה)

SOURCES & REVIEW

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)

    Macmillan Reference USA · 2007

Reviewed 2026-07-30

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