sentences:  The Mishnaic sage, Rabbi Johanan ben Nuri, made his home in Beit Shearim.During its Jewish settlement in the Second Temple period, the inhabitants of Beit Shearim are believed to have been occupied in husbandry, but when the village land became a popular burial ground for Diaspora Jews, many of the villagers are thought to have worked in funeral preparations (obsequies) and in stone-masonry.Some have speculated that Beit Shearim may have been destroyed in the general revolt under Gallus Caesar in 351/2 CE, during a time when many towns and villages in Galilee and Judea were assigned to the flames, including Sepphoris.