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Sanhedrin at Tzippori בית דין של ציפורי
The seat of the Sanhedrin after Beit Shearim, in the Galilean city of Tzippori where Rebbi (Yehudah HaNasi) spent his final years, listed in Rosh Hashanah 31a–b among the ten exiles of the court: "from Beit Shearim to Tzippori, and from Tzippori to Teveria." Here the Mishnah's redaction was completed and the patriarchate passed to Rabban Gamliel III, before the court's final move to Teveria.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- בית דין של ציפורי
- Also known as
- Tzippori, Sepphoris, Court at Tzippori
- Era
- tannaim
- Received the mesorah from
- Sanhedrin at Beit Shearim
II. When
- Traditional
- c. 3965–3995 AM
- Academic
- c. 205–235 CE
- Duration
- ≈30 years
- Precision
- approximate
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tzippori is listed among the stations of the Sanhedrin's ten exiles: from Shefaram to Beit Shearim, from Beit Shearim to Tzippori, and from Tzippori to Teveria — "and Teveria is the lowest of them all." | rabbinic | ★★★★☆ | |
| Traditional placement c. 3965–3995 AM (c. 205–235 CE), anchored to Rebbi's final years at Tzippori after Beit Shearim and the court's subsequent move to Teveria in the early amoraic period.
Schematic traditional dating. |
tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |