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Antioch – In Asia Minor. Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula) Aram / Aramea – (Modern Syria) Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city. Archevite. Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk.
Salem (sha'lem) [Cana'anite patron god; son of 'Ashtar] is a city mentioned in the biblical Old Testament. It was the royal city of Melchizedek and traditionally identified with Jerusalem. [14] Salem, Alabama. Salem, Arkansas. Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas. Salem, Saline County, Arkansas. Salem, Connecticut.
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later ...
The following is a list of burial places attributed to Abrahamic figures according to various religious and local traditions. The locations listed are based on locations mentioned in the text of the Bible or oral traditions of indigenous peoples.
Stations of the Exodus. The Stations of the Exodus are the locations visited by the Israelites following their exodus from Egypt, according to the Hebrew Bible. In the itinerary given in Numbers 33, forty-two stations are listed, [1] although this list differs slightly from the narrative account of the journey found in Exodus and Deuteronomy .
The search for the Christian holy places was the foundation of 19th-century European Biblical archaeology in Ottoman Syria and later in the British Mandate Palestine. Definition [ edit ] The primary holy places are connected to the main events in the life of Jesus.
In the New Testament accounts, the principal locations for the ministry of Jesus were Galilee and Judea, with activities also taking place in surrounding areas such as Perea and Samaria. [1] [4] The gospel narrative of the ministry of Jesus is traditionally separated into sections that have a geographical nature. Galilean ministry.
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