L'identificazione storica delle rovine di Umm er-Rasas - Kastron Mefaa in Giordania
This article shows that new archaeological evidence allows us to identify the Kastron Mefaa (mosaic inscription) in Jordan with Umm er-Rasas and not with Khirbet Nefa'a, as was thought by archaeologists since Clermont-Ganneau (1901). As a result, we suggest as possible the identification of Umm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Peeters
1990
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Biblica
Year: 1990, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 527-541 |
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| Summary: | This article shows that new archaeological evidence allows us to identify the Kastron Mefaa (mosaic inscription) in Jordan with Umm er-Rasas and not with Khirbet Nefa'a, as was thought by archaeologists since Clermont-Ganneau (1901). As a result, we suggest as possible the identification of Umm er-Rasas - Kastron Mefaa with the biblical Mefa'at (cf. Josh 13,17-21; Jer 48,21-24), following the suggestion of Fr. Germer-Durand from the Assumptionist convent of Notre-Dame de France in 1896. |
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| ISSN: | 2385-2062 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblica
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