Jerome, Book of Places 163
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Context
In his lexicon of place names in Hebrew Scripture, Jerome 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 Eusebius, Dictionary of Place Names 162, written
roughly one century before Jerome’s work.
Text
Saron, cuius et Esaias meminit dicens “in paludes versus est Saron.”
usque in praesentem autem diem regio inter montem Thabor et stagnum Tiberiadis Saronas
appellatur. sed et a Caesarea Palaestinae usque ad oppidum Ioppe
omnis terra quae cernitur, dicitur Saronas.1
Textual Note
Ed. Klosterman 1904Translation
Saron, which Isaiah also mentioned, saying, “Saron turned into
swamp.” Even up to the present day the region between Mount Thabor and Lake Tiberias is
called Saronas. All the land seen from Caesarea Palestinae as far
as the town Joppa is also called Saronas.
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: 163.
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 163,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published October 19, 2022, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/294.
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