Difference between revisions of "Arimathaea"

<p> <b> ARIMATHaeA </b> <b> ( </b> Ἁριμαθαία) is mentioned in &nbsp;Matthew 27:57, &nbsp;Mark 15:43, &nbsp;Luke 23:51, and &nbsp;John 19:38 as the place from which Joseph, who buried the body of Jesus, came up to Jerusalem. In the <i> Onomasticon </i> (225. 12) it is identified with Ἁρμαθὲμ Σειφά (Ramathaimzophim* [Note: On this name (which is almost certainly based on a textual corruption), see Hastings’ DB, vol. iv. p. 198a note.] ), the city of [[Elkanah]] and Samuel (&nbsp;1 Samuel 1:1), near Diospolis (Lydda) and in the district of [[Timnah]] (Tibneh). In &nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 11:34, [[Ramathem]] is referred to along with [[Aphaerema]] and [[Lydda]] as a [[Samaritan]] toparchy transferred, in 145 b.c., to Judaea. These notices of [[Ramathaim]] point to <i> Beit-Rima </i> , 13 miles E.N.E. of Lydda, and 2 miles N. of Timnah,—an identification adopted by G. A. Smith ( <i> HGH </i> L [Note: GHL [[Historical]] Geog. of [[Holy]] Land.] 254 n. [Note: note.] 7) and [[Buhl]] ( <i> GA </i> P [Note: AP Geographic des alten Palästina.] 170). Another possible site is <i> Râm-allah </i> , 3 miles S.W. of Bethel, suggested by Ewald ( <i> Hist. </i> ii. 421). The proposed sites S. of [[Jerusalem]] are not ‘in the hill-country of Ephraim’ (&nbsp;1 Samuel 1:1). If Arimathaea, then, be identified with the Ramathaim of Elkanah, it may well be at the modern hill-village of <i> Beit-Rima </i> . The LXX [[Septuagint]] form of Ramathaim is Ἁρμαθαίμ (&nbsp;1 Samuel 1:1 and elsewhere), thus providing a link between Ramathaim and [[Arimathaea.]] </p> <p> A. W. Cooke. </p>

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_971" /> ==

<p> ''''' ar ''''' - ''''' i ''''' - ''''' ma ''''' - ''''' thē´a ''''' ( Ἀριμαθαία , <i> ''''' Arimathaı́a ''''' </i> ): "A city of the Jews," the home of [[Joseph]] in whose sepulchre the body of Jesus was laid. Its identity is the subject of much conjecture. The <i> Onomasticon </i> of [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] identifies it with [[Ramathaim-Zophim]] in the hill-country of [[Ephraim]] (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 11:1-15 ), which is [[Ramah]] the birthplace and burial-place of Samuel (&nbsp;1 Samuel 1:19; &nbsp;1 Samuel 25:1 ), and places it near Timnah on the borders of Judah and Dan. G. A. Smith thinks it may be the modern Beit Rima, a village on an eminence 2 miles North of Timnah. Others incline to Ramallah, 8 miles North of Jerusalem and 3 miles from [[Bethel]] (&nbsp;Matthew 27:57; &nbsp;Mark 15:43; &nbsp;Luke 23:51; &nbsp;John 19:38 ). </p>

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