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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_36309" /> ==
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_36309" /> ==
<p> (Δάναβα ), a small town placed by [[Ptolemy]] (v. 15, 24) in Palmyrene, a subdivision of his Coele-Syria; also mentioned under the name Danabe in the war between the emperor [[Julian]] and the [[Persians]] (Zozim. Hist. 3, 27, 7). It does not appear to correspond to any of the three places of a similar name mentioned by [[Eusebius]] (Δαναβά, Δαννέα ) and [[Jerome]] (Onomast. s.v. Damnaba), lying in the region of Moabitis. It- was the seat of a bishopric (Notit. Eccles.), and has lately been identified by [[Porter]] (Damascus, 1:346) — from an [[Arabic]] MS. written in the 7th century by [[Macarius]] — with Saidnaya, now a large village at the foot of Anti- Lebanon, with a convent and extensive ruins (Van de Velde, Memoir, p. 306). </p>
<p> ( '''''Δάναβα''''' ), a small town placed by [[Ptolemy]] (v. 15, 24) in Palmyrene, a subdivision of his Coele-Syria; also mentioned under the name Danabe in the war between the emperor Julian and the [[Persians]] (Zozim. ''Hist'' . 3, 27, 7). It does not appear to correspond to any of the three places of a similar name mentioned by [[Eusebius]] ( '''''Δαναβά''''' , '''''Δαννέα''''' ) and [[Jerome]] ( ''Onomast.'' s.v. Damnaba), lying in the region of Moabitis. It- was the seat of a bishopric ( ''Notit. Eccles'' .), and has lately been identified by [[Porter]] ([[Damascus]] , 1:346) '''''''''' from an Arabic MS. written in the 7th century by [[Macarius]] '''''''''' with Saidnaya, now a large village at the foot of Anti- Lebanon, with a convent and extensive ruins (Van de Velde, ''Memoir'' , p. 306). </p>
          
          
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]

( Δάναβα ), a small town placed by Ptolemy (v. 15, 24) in Palmyrene, a subdivision of his Coele-Syria; also mentioned under the name Danabe in the war between the emperor Julian and the Persians (Zozim. Hist . 3, 27, 7). It does not appear to correspond to any of the three places of a similar name mentioned by Eusebius ( Δαναβά , Δαννέα ) and Jerome ( Onomast. s.v. Damnaba), lying in the region of Moabitis. It- was the seat of a bishopric ( Notit. Eccles .), and has lately been identified by Porter (Damascus , 1:346) from an Arabic MS. written in the 7th century by Macarius with Saidnaya, now a large village at the foot of Anti- Lebanon, with a convent and extensive ruins (Van de Velde, Memoir , p. 306).

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