KEFAR OTNAY (Otnai; Heb. כְּפַר עוֹתְנָאִי), ancient village, 24 Roman mi. from Caesarea, 24 from Scythopolis (Beth-Shean), and 16 from Sepphoris. It is defined in talmudic sources as the farthest limit of Galilee in the direction of Judah and anyone passing it …

KEFAR OTNAY (Otnai ; Heb. כְּפַר עוֹתְנָאִי), ancient village, 24 Roman mi. from Caesarea, 24 from Scythopolis (Beth-Shean), and 16 from Sepphoris. It is defined in talmudic sources as the farthest limit of Galilee in the direction of Judah and anyone passing it …

With the arrival of the Roman army, Kefar ‘Othnay probably absorbed different cultural influences and its population blended with foreign elements. After the foundation of Maximianopolis, the rural settlement persisted as a suburb of the city until the late sixth century CE …

Jul 18, 2023 · “The hall, measuring about 5 x 10 m and oriented along a general north–south axis, had one entrance from the east where an anteroom and a service room were located. The walls in its western and southern sections had rock-hewn foundations, whereas the walls on the east and north had stone foundations built into hewn foundation trenches.

Bowersock, G.W. “Religion in Early Fourth Century Roman Palestine: the Kfar ‘Othnay Mosaics,” Syria 95 (2018), pp. 65-71. Two mosaics in western Palestine, both dating from the end of the 3rd cent. CE (or very early 4th), were discovered relatively recently in Israel.

The site, known under various names to classical and rabbinic sources, is called Kfar ʿOthnay, and a summary publication by Yotam Tepper and Leah Di Segni promptly appeared just one year after the discovery of the mosaic. 1 Although the two mosaics are very different in quality —one is a masterpiece and the other is not— they appear from ...

Yotam Tepper, Legio, Kefar ‘Otnay, Hadashot Arkheologiyot: Excavations and Surveys in Israel / חדשות ארכיאולוגיות: חפירות וסקרים בישראל, כרך‎ 118 (2006)

Capernaum (/ kəˈpɜːrneɪəm, - niəm / kə-PUR-nay-əm, -⁠nee-əm; [1] Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic: كَفْرْ نَاحُومْ, romanized: Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the time of the Hasmoneans, located on …

Download Citation | On Dec 31, 2018, Glen W. Bowersock published Religion in Early Fourth Century Roman Palestine: The Kfar ʿOthnay Mosaics | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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