Difference between revisions of "Arbattis"
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20625" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20625" /> == | ||
<p> (only in the dat. plur. Ἀρβάττοις , with many var. readings, see Grimm, Handb. in loc.), a city or region named in connection with [[Galilee]] as being despoiled by | <p> (only in the dat. plur. '''''Ἀρβάττοις''''' '','' with many var. readings, see Grimm, ''Handb.'' in loc.), a city or region named in connection with [[Galilee]] as being despoiled by Simon Maccabaus ( 1 [[Maccabees]] 5:23). Ewald ''(Isr. Gesch.'' 4, 359 note) thinks (from the [[Syriac]] reading [[Ard]] Bot) that the district now called Ard el-Batbah, north of the sea of Galilee, is intended, and others have conjectured the Arabah, Arabia, etc.; but the most probable supposition is that of Reland (Palest. p. 192), that the name is a corruption (comp. 2 Maccabees 5:3) of that of the toparchy called by [[Josephus]] (War, 3, 3, 4 and 5) ACRABATTINE (See Acrabattine) (q.v.). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:54, 15 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
(only in the dat. plur. Ἀρβάττοις , with many var. readings, see Grimm, Handb. in loc.), a city or region named in connection with Galilee as being despoiled by Simon Maccabaus ( 1 Maccabees 5:23). Ewald (Isr. Gesch. 4, 359 note) thinks (from the Syriac reading Ard Bot) that the district now called Ard el-Batbah, north of the sea of Galilee, is intended, and others have conjectured the Arabah, Arabia, etc.; but the most probable supposition is that of Reland (Palest. p. 192), that the name is a corruption (comp. 2 Maccabees 5:3) of that of the toparchy called by Josephus (War, 3, 3, 4 and 5) ACRABATTINE (See Acrabattine) (q.v.).
