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Sketch of Tyre at the times of Paul
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"One of the most ancient towns on the Phoenician coast,…Tyre played a significant role in the political and economical
history of Greco-Roman Palestine. Under Antiochus IV Epiphanes, rapid Hellenization influenced Tyre.…A number of pagan
and Christian scholars came from or were associated with the city.…Trade in purple dye and purple-dyed clothing no doubt
aided Tyre during the Greco-Roman period, as remains of abundant shells located near the city indicate" (Freedman: Volume
6:686,691).
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