sentences:  In the late 12th century Tiberias' Jewish community numbered 50 Jewish families, headed by rabbis, and at that time the best manuscripts of the Torah were said to be found there.In the 12th-century, the city was the subject of negative undertones in Islamic tradition.A "hadith" recorded by Ibn Asakir of Damascus (d. 1176) names Tiberias as one of the "four cities of hell."