Jamnith

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Coordinates: 32°59′29″N 35°31′01″E / 32.99139°N 35.51694°E / 32.99139; 35.51694
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Not to be confused with Yavne or Yibna.
Jamnith
Jabnith; Jamnia; Kh. Banit
Photo of Safed taken in 1948 from atop Mount Canaan (near Kh. Banit)
Nearest citySafed
Coordinates32°59′29″N 35°31′01″E / 32.99139°N 35.51694°E / 32.99139; 35.51694
EstablishedHellenistic period (?)

Jamnith (

Hula valley
. Access to the ruin is now restricted because of an enclosed military installation built over the site.

The village is mentioned twice in the writings of

Judaea. Josephus testifies of himself that he assisted in building the wall of the village,[2]
the reference perhaps being to funding its building project. The hilltop fortress has no natural spring, suggesting that its inhabitants relied upon rock-cut cisterns for water, of which several can be found on the site.

The fate of the town's defenders is not known, but they are presumed to have surrendered after the fall of Tarichaea.[3]

Victor Guérin visited the site in the late 19th-century and found on the plateau of the elevated hill, which he called Kharbet Benit, what he described as "a village, now overthrown from top to bottom, and of which there are only many piles of stones from demolished houses."[4] Earlier, in 1838, the site was visited by Edward Robinson, who wrote, "here (Benit) are the slight remains of a former village, situated directly on the brow of the mountains enclosing the Huleh, and commanding a splendid view over the whole basin and the surrounding region."[5]

Michael Avi-Yonah thought that the priestly course known as Bilgah had its place of residence in Yavnit.[6]

British Survey of Palestine map of 1941, Kh. Banith (now in Biriya Forest)
British Survey of Palestine map of 1941, Kh. Banith (now in Biriya Forest)

Identification

While most modern historical geographers are unanimous as to Jamnith's identification with the ruin Kh. Banit,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] Edward Robinson and Eli Smith who surveyed the ancient sites of Palestine were uncertain of its location.[14] Neubauer thought that the site of Jamnia in Galilee may have been identical with Yabneel of the Hebrew Bible (Joshua 19:33), a place later known as Kefar Yammah.[15] However, this last site is not in the Upper Galilee.

Jamnia, known as Ibnit, had been resettled by local Arabs as late as 1948.[16]

Biriya Forest

Rabbinic burial ground

Jewish tradition holds that

Rosh Pina and the northern part of the Sea of Galilee
.

Gallery

  • View of Har Yavnit from east
    View of Har Yavnit from east
  • Old footpath leading up to Jamnith (Kh. Banit)
    Old footpath leading up to Jamnith (Kh. Banit)
  • Alleged burial cave of Abaye and Rava
    Alleged burial cave of Abaye and Rava
  • Stone inscription at alleged burial site of Abaye and Rava
    Stone inscription at alleged burial site of Abaye and Rava
  • Visitors' observation point on Har Yavnit
    Visitors' observation point on Har Yavnit
  • Shrine built as memorial to R. Yudan Nesiah, Har Yavnit
    Shrine built as memorial to R. Yudan Nesiah, Har Yavnit
  • Modern stone structure at Har Yavnit, made from reused stones found at Kh. Banit
    Modern stone structure at Har Yavnit, made from reused stones found at Kh. Banit
  • View from Har Yavnit, looking north
    View from Har Yavnit, looking north

References

  1. OCLC 14912218
    .
  2. Vita
    188 (s. 37)
  3. ^ Josephus, The Jewish War, iv.1. "After the fall of Jotapata some of the Galilaeans had remained in revolt against Rome; but when Tarichaea was overthrown they surrendered, and the Romans took over all the fortresses and towns except Gischala and the garrison of Mt Tabor."
  4. ^ Guérin 1880, p. 439.
  5. ^ Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1856), p. 434; cf. pp. 439, 449-450, 575
  6. JSTOR 23614642.; on this priestly ward, see Mishnah Sukkah 5:8, Tosefta Sukkah 4:28, and 1 Chronicles 24:14
  7. ^ Avi-Yonah 1976, p. 67.
  8. ^ Aviam 2004, p. 93 (chapter 9).
  9. ^ Har-el 1972, pp. 123–130.
  10. ^ Bar-Kochva 1974, p. 109 (map).
  11. ^ Conder & Kitchener 1881, p. 206.
  12. ^ Thomsen 1966.
  13. ^ Klein 1939, p. 163.
  14. ^ Robinson & Smith 2015, p. 74.
  15. ^ Neubauer 1868, p. 225.
  16. ^
    OCLC 745203905
    .
  17. ^ Zissil: Encyclopedia of Kivrei Tzadikim. This view, however, is disputed, as another source puts the burial site of Abaye and Rava in Banias, about which, see: Levi-Naḥum, Yehuda (1986), p. 248, s.v. בעאם (sic); should be corrected to read בניאס.
  18. Judah HaNasi
    , is also called R. Yudan Nesi'ah.
  19. ^ Levi-Naḥum, Yehuda (1986), p. 252, chapter: Tombs of the forefathers and righteous [3], s.v. באבנית

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