Why Tiberius (hence: Pilate) ? Because of the “Sea of Galilee”

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Giuseppe
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Why Tiberius (hence: Pilate) ? Because of the “Sea of Galilee”

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The “sea of Galilee” is called also Lake of Tiberias.


Tiberias was another name for the entire Galilee (given that the lake was its own). Hence, a Jesus in Galilee was ipso facto a Jesus in Tiberias, i.e. lived under the Kingdom of Tiberius.


Is this a cryptic way to mask and eclipse the true historical Jesus, active in Galilee during the 66-70 CE and better known as Jesus ben (Jo-)Sapphias ?

Or is this a mere error derived from a previous myth connecting Jesus with Galilee as the lower heavens (=“circle” or “sphere” around the "sea" aka Sheol)?
Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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