Bethharan
(Redirected from
Betharamphtha
)Bethharan, Betharan or Beth Haran (for
Amorite. According to the Book of Numbers, "Betharan" was rebuilt by the tribe of Gad (Numbers 32:36
).
Classical-period city
Later, it is called בית רמתה, (
fall of Jerusalem in AD 70, it was restored by the Christians and became a bishopric.[citation needed
]
Identification
The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 stated that the site used to be "identified by some with Tell er-Rameh, six miles east of the Jordan, by others with Beit Harran" (the latter seems to be a mistranscription of the 1913 article).[dubious ].[3]
The team recently excavating Tell el-Hammam identifies both biblical Bethharan and classical Livias with their own excavation site.[4]
References
- ^
Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "BETH-ARAM (Josh. xiii. 27) or BETH-HARAN". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
- ^ Josephus, Antiquities 18.2.1. (18.26); ibid. The Jewish War 2.4.2. (2.57); Jerusalem Talmud (Shevi'it 9:2)
- ^ Corbett, John (1913). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- S2CID 162399714.
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