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Gerasa <ref name="term_15741" /> | == Bridgeway Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_18627" /> == | ||
<p> </p> | <p> [[Gerasa]] was a town in Decapolis, south-east of the [[Sea]] of Galilee. It lay within the region of [[Gadara]] and gave its name to the surrounding district. As a result some of the [[Gadarenes]] were at times called Gerasenes, even though they may not have lived in the town itself (Mark 5:1-2; cf. Matthew 8:28). (For map and other details see DECAPOLIS; GADARA.) </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_35556" /> == | |||
<p> "Gerasenes" is read in Mark 5:1 by the Vaticanus and Sinaiticus manuscripts; also in Luke 8:26 by the Vaticanus A city on the eastern border of [[Peraea]] amid the [[Gilead]] mountains, 20 miles E. of Jordan, 25 N. of Rubbath Ammon, now Philadelphia. If [[Gerasa]] be read for Gadara, "the region of Gerasa" must include [[Gadara]] and the coasts of the sea of [[Tiberius]] which lay far W. of Gerasa. The ruins are the finest on the E. of Jordan. However Dr. Thomson identifies Gerasa with the [[Arab]] Gersa, close to the shore, with a mountain rising at the back, down which the swine might rush and be unable to stop themselves from rushing into the water. In the mountain are ancient tombs which may have been the demoniac's dwelling. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_40375" /> == | |||
<p> According to some excellent ancient manuscript evidence, Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26 located the healing of the demon-possessed man who lived among the tombs in “the country of the [[Gerasenes]] (Gadarenes)” (“Gerasenes” in NIV, NAS). This would point to a placed named Gerasa. Such a place existed on the east side of the [[Sea]] of Galilee. Selecting among Gadara, Gergesa, and [[Gerasa]] as the scene of the healing of the demoniac is one of the more challenging tasks in New [[Testament]] studies. See [[Gadarene]] . </p> <p> The other Gerasa was located some twenty-six miles north of present-day [[Amman]] in Jordan. Its ruins are among the most excellently preserved in the [[Middle]] East. See [[Arabia]] . </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51184" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> GERASA </strong> . A city of the [[Decapolis]] of unknown origin, the first known event in its history being its capture by [[Alexander]] Jannæus, about b.c. 83. It was rebuilt by the Romans in a.d. 65, and destroyed in the [[Jewish]] revolt. Vespasian’s general, [[Lucius]] Annius, again took and destroyed the city. In the 2nd cent. a.d. it was a flourishing city, adorned with monuments of art; it was at this time a centre of the worship of [[Artemis.]] It afterwards became the seat of a bishop, but seems to have been finally destroyed in the Byzantine age. An uncertain tradition of some Jewish scholars, favoured by some modern writers, identifies it with <strong> Ramoth-gilead </strong> . The ruins of the city still exist under the modern name <em> Jerâsh </em> ; they lie among the mountains of Gilead, about 20 miles from the Jordan. These are very extensive, and testify to the importance and magnificence of the city, but they are unfortunately being rapidly destroyed by a colony of Circassians who have been established here. The chief remains are those of the town walls, the street of columns, several temples, a triumphal arch, a hippodrome, a theatre, etc. </p> <p> [[Gerasa]] is not mentioned in the Bible, unless the identification with Ramoth-gilead hold. The <strong> [[Gerasenes]] </strong> referred to in Mark 5:1 (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ) cannot belong to this place, which is too far away from the [[Sea]] of [[Galilee]] to suit the story. This name probably refers to a place named Kersa, on the shore of the Lake, which fulfils the requirements. See Gadara. </p> <p> R. A. S. Macalister. </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15741" /> == | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_41378" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Gerasa'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/gerasa.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_18627"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/bridgeway-bible-dictionary/gerasa Gerasa from Bridgeway Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_35556"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/gerasa Gerasa from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_40375"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/gerasa Gerasa from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_51184"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/gerasa Gerasa from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_15741"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/gerasa Gerasa from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_15741"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/gerasa Gerasa from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_41378"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/gerasa Gerasa from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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