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== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38479" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38479" /> == | ||
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49003" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49003" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_636" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_636" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''''a''''' -'''''kel´da''''' -'''''ma''''' ( <span> Ἀκελδαμά </span> , <i> '''''Akeldamá''''' </i> , or, in many manuscripts, <span> Ἀκελδαμάχ </span> , <i> '''''Akeldamách''''' </i> ; the [[King]] [[James]] Version, <span> [[Aceldama]] </span> ): A field said in <span> Acts 1:19 </span> to have been bought by [[Judas]] with the "thirty pieces of silver." [[In]] <span> [[Matthew]] 27:6 </span> , <span> Matthew 27:7 </span> it is narrated that the priests took the silver pieces which Judas had "cast down ... into the sanctuary" and "bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. [[Wherefore]] that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day." [[Doubtless]] it was a supposed connection between this potter's field and the potter's house ( <span> [[Jeremiah]] 18:2 </span> ) and the [[Valley]] of the [[Son]] of [[Hinnom]] ( <span> Jeremiah 19:2 </span> ) which influenced the selection of the present site which, like the [[Aramaic]] <span> הקלדּמא </span> , <i> '''''h''''' </i> - <i> '''''q''''' </i> - <i> '''''l''''' </i> - <i> '''''d''''' </i> - <i> '''''m''''' </i> - <i> ''''''''''' </i> (Dalman), is today known as <span> מ </span> , <i> '''''haḳḳ''''' </i> - <i> '''''ed''''' </i> - <i> '''''dumm''''' </i> , "field of blood." </p> <p> Tradition, which appears to go back to the 4th century, points to a level platform on, and some distance up, the southern slope of the <i> '''''Wady er Rababi''''' </i> (Valley of Hinnom) just before it joins the [[Kidron]] Valley. [[Upon]] this spot there is a very remarkable ruin (78 ft. x 57 ft.) which for many centuries was used as a charnel house. The earth here was reputed to have the property of quickly consuming dead bodies. [[So]] great was its reputation that vast quantities of it are said to have been transported in 1215 ad to the Campo Santo at Pisa. When this building was standing entire, the bodies were lowered into it through five openings in the roof and then left to disintegrate, so that a few years ago there were very many feet of bones all over the floor. These have now been removed. A little [[Southeast]] of this ruin is a new [[Greek]] monastery erected in recent years over the remains of a large number of cave tombs; many of the bones from "Akeldama" are now buried here. </p> | ||
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