Eusebius of Caesarea, Dictionary of Place Names 162
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Καισαρείας

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Eusebius of Caesarea, Dictionary of Place Names 162. This passage was written ca. 290-325 CE possibly in Caesarea Maritima. In his lexicon of place names in Hebrew Scripture, Eusebius wrote concerning marshy Saron, named at Isaiah 33:9, that in his time there were two regions called Saronas, one between Caesarea and Joppa. The same information is recorded in the parallel passage at Jerome, Book of Places 163, written roughly one century after Eusebius’ work.

Σαρῶν. Ἠσαΐας· “ἓλη ἐγένετο ὁ Σαρών”. καὶ νῦν δὲ καλεῖται Σαρωνᾶς ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους Θαβὼρ ἐπὶ τὴν Τιβεριάδα λίμνην χώρα. καὶ ἄλλος ἐστὶ Σαρωνᾶς ἡ ἀπὸ Καισαρείας εἰς Ἰόππην χώρα.

[Ed. Klosterman 1904 [cited by page]]

Saron. Isaiah: “Saron became marshland.” Today the land from Mount Thabor to Lake Tiberias is called Saronas. A second Saronas is the land from Caesarea to Joppa. [Trans. J. L. Rife]

Works Cited

[...] 162

[Jerome, Book of Places 163

Joshua 33:9]

[Galilee, Sea of (Lake Tiberias, Kinnereth)

Ioppe (Iope, Ioppa, Jaffa)

Sharon, Plain of (Saron, Saronas)

Tabor, Mount (Thabor, Har Tavor)]

[Geography

Hebrew Bible

History of Israel]