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Ammon

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AMMON. - Son of Lot, born from the incest committed by his younger daughter while he, drunk, was sleeping. The Hebrew name 'Ammôn (from ben-'ammî "son of my kinsman") recalls this origin (Gen. 19:30-38). He was the ancestor of the Ammonites (v.). Gaetano M. Pereda

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By Gaetano Perrella

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1086.

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Perrella, Gaetano Maria. “Ammon.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1086. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/ammon.

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Perrella, Gaetano Maria. “Ammon.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1086. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ammon.

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@incollection{ec1_ammon,
  author    = {Perrella, Gaetano Maria},
  title     = {Ammon},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1086},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/ammon}
}

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