Samaria - ܫܡܪܝܢ
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“Situated to the north of Jerusalem, Samaria formed the core of the ancient kingdom of Israel. Its inhabitants, the Samaritans, preserved their religious customs in Late Antiquity and repeatedly revolted against the Roman Empire in the sixth century. Joh. Eph., EH 2.29, polemically establishes a connection between Samaritans and persecutors of Christians.” 3
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- Lat. 32.331417° Long. 35.228586°4
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“Situated to the north of Jerusalem, Samaria formed the core of the ancient kingdom of Israel. Its inhabitants, the Samaritans, preserved their religious customs in Late Antiquity and repeatedly revolted against the Roman Empire in the sixth century. Joh. Eph., EH 2.29, polemically establishes a connection between Samaritans and persecutors of Christians.” 3
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- 1 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1326.
- 2 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 95; 337, chapter: 3.2.29; 3.6.32.
- 3 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1326-1327.
- 4 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678369
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