Eusebius of Caesarea, Dictionary of Place Names 108
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Καισαρείας

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Eusebius of Caesarea, Dictionary of Place Names 108. This passage was written ca. 290-325 CE possibly in Caesarea Maritima. In his lexicon of place names in Hebrew Scripture, Eusebius wrote that Iapheth, named at Joshua 19:12, was in his time a coastal village called Ioppe, Sykaminos, or Efa (Haifa) on the road from Caesarea to Ptolemaïs (Akko). The same information is recorded in the parallel passage at Jerome, Book of Places 109, written roughly one century after Eusebius’ work.

Ἰάφεθ. κλήρου Ζαβουλών ἀνάβασίς, καλεῖται καὶ Ἰόππη. καὶ ἡ Συκάμινος δὲ ἀπιόντων εἰς Πτολεμαίδα ἀπὸ Καισαρείας, κώμη πάραλος πλησίον τοῦ Καρμήλου, Ἡφὰ λέγεται.

[Ed. Klosterman 1904]

Iapheth. The Ascent of the Plot of Zebulon, also called Ioppe. It is also Sykaminos for those traveling to Ptolemais from Caesarea, a coastal village near Carmel, called Hepha. [Trans. J. L. Rife]

Works Cited

[...] 108

[Jerome, Book of Places 109

Joshua 9:12]

[Carmel, Mount (Karmelos, Har HaKarmel, Jabal Mar Elyas)

Efa (Haifa)

Ioppe near Carmel

Ptolemaïs (Acco, Accho, Acre, Akko)

Sykaminos (Sycaminus)]

[Geography

Hebrew Bible

History of Israel

Travel]