Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Sacred Scripture Biblical geography

Bethulia

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BETHULIA (Greek Βαθθαούρ with variants). - The place where Judith lived, situated on a mountain with a spring at its foot, overlooking the plain of Dothain.

The parenetic character attributed to the book of Judith by the acropolites has led many to abandon any identification of this locality, as purely fictitious; some Catholics also seem inclined to this position (A. Miller, in Biblica, 23 [1942], p. 100; A. Vaccari, in La Sacra Bibbia, III, Florence 1948, p. 304). From the generic indications of Judg. (4:5-7; 7:3) it would appear that B. was south of Esdrelon, in the heights between that plain and the plain of Dothain. The most constant tradition identifies it with Sānūr, which overlooks the plain of Merğ el-Garaq. However, in recent years it has been proposed to seek B. in the triangle Tell Dōtān, el-Jāmōn and Hírbet Bel'āmeh, in southern Galilee.

Angelo Penna

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 1514.

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Penna, Angelo. “Bethulia (Gr. ΒΑΤΘΑΟΎΡ Con Varianti).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 1514. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bethulia-gr-batthaour-con-varianti.

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Penna, Angelo. “Bethulia (Gr. ΒΑΤΘΑΟΎΡ Con Varianti).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1514. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bethulia-gr-batthaour-con-varianti.

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@incollection{ec2_bethulia_gr_batthaour_con_vari,
  author    = {Penna, Angelo},
  title     = {Bethulia (Gr. ΒΑΤΘΑΟΎΡ Con Varianti)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {1514},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bethulia-gr-batthaour-con-varianti}
}

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