Jerome, Book of Places 137
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Context
In his lexicon of place names in Hebrew Scripture, Jerome wrote that
Nafeddor, named at Joshua 11:12, was located near Caesarea on the road to
Ptolemaïs (Akko), repeating his lemma under Dor Nafeth (79). He also cited the Greek
translation of Hebrew Scripture by Symmachus in the late 2nd century C.E. The same
information is recorded in the parallel passage at Eusebius, Dictionary of Place
Names 136, written roughly one century before Jerome’s work.
Text
Nefeddor, quod Symmachus interpretatur Maritimam. Dor autem est oppidum
iam desertum in nono miliario Caesareae pergentibus
Ptolomaïdem.1
Textual Note
Ed. Klosterman 1904Translation
Nefeddor, which Symmachus translates Maritima. Dor is a city now
deserted at milestone 9 for those travelling from Caesarea to
Ptolemaïs.
Translation Note
Trans. J. L. RifeWorks Cited
- 1 Eusebius of Caesarea, Eusebius Werke III.1. Das Onomastikon der biblischen Ortsnamen, ed. Erich Klostermann, repr. Hildesheim: Georg Olms 1966, Die grieschischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1904), p: 137.
Additional Bibliography
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Palestine in the Fourth Century A.D.: The Onomasticon by Eusebius of Caesarea, ed. Joan E. Taylor, trans. Freeman-Grenville (Jerusalem: Carta, 2003)
How to Cite This Entry
Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Book of Places 137,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published October 19, 2022, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/293.
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