Huqoq
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Huqoq or Hukkok () was an ancient Jewish village, located 12.5 km north of Tiberias, in the Lower Galilee region of Israel. The site had been settled since ancient times and is mentioned in the Book of Joshua (). The Palestinian village of Yaquq later stood at Huqoq's location, and a fort named Hukok was built near the site on 11 July 1945, later followed by a kibbutz.
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- Country
- Israel
- Located in
- Northern District
- Time zone
- Israel Standard Time
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- Hiding complex.jpg
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- Joshua
- described by source
- Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
- Commons category
- Huqoq
- native label
- חוקוק
- culture
- Israelites
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Name
- Archaeological overview
- Bronze Age
- In the Hebrew Bible
- Roman and Byzantine periods
- Ottoman period
- Synagogue
- Mosaic iconography
- Hiding complexes
- Tomb of Habakkuk
- Research History
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Huqoq or Hukkok () was an ancient Jewish village, located 12.5 km north of Tiberias, in the Lower Galilee region of Israel. The site had been settled since ancient times and is mentioned in the Book of Joshua (). The Palestinian village of Yaquq later stood at Huqoq's location, and a fort named Hukok was built near the site on 11 July 1945, later followed by a kibbutz.
Archaeological excavations revealed a prosperous Jewish community that inhabited Huqoq during the Roman and Byzantine periods. A spring supported the ancient settlement, whose monumental synagogue contains some of the most elaborate Late Roman-era mosaics ever found in Israel. These include detailed depictions of biblical scenes, as well as rare non-biblical imagery that challenge previous assumptions about Jewish art in Late Antiquity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Huqoq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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