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Eleutheropolis
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Greek name of a city called "Bet Gubrin" in the Talmud and "Baitogabra" by Ptolemy. In the Old Testament the name can not be identified, but it probably occurs in a corrupted form (see Josephus, "B. J." ed. Niese, 4:8, § 1). From 2 Chronicles 14:9 it is likely that the city had no existence in ancient time. Later the Hebrew name came to the front as Bait Jibrin, a village with some ruins, twenty minutes to the north of Merash, the old Maresah. The immediate vicinity is rich in natural and artificial caverns. As "ḥorim" means "caverns" in Hebrew, and "ḥor" also signifies "free," the Greek name is founded on a confusion of, or a conscious play upon, words.
Bibliography:
- Robinson, Biblical Researches in Palestine, 2:331 et seq. 610, 661;
- Pal. Explor. Fund Memoirs, 3:237,266;
- Pal. Explor. Fund Quarterly Statement, 1879, p. 138;
- Neubauer, G. T. p. 122.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Eleutheropolis'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/eleutheropolis.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Eleutheropolis'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/e/eleutheropolis.html. 1901.
