Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Sacred Scripture Biblical geography

Cariathaim

CARIATHAIM

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Also known as: German: Kiriathaim; Kiriathaim, Qiryatayim

CARIATHAIM (Hebrew Qirjāthajim, dual form: "Two Cities"). - A city northeast of the Dead Sea, belonging to the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:19; Num. 32:37). At the time of the prophet Jeremiah, during the period of the decline of the kingdom of Judah, it again belonged to the Moabites (Jer. 48:1, 23; Ezek. 25:9). Eusebius (Onomasticon, ed. E. Klostermann, Leipzig 1904, p. 112, 15) identifies it with the Christian city of Caraitha, 10 miles west of Madaba. Today it would correspond to Hirbet el-Qurejāt.

Angelo Penna

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 790.

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Penna, Angelo. “Cariathaim (Ebr. QirjĀThajim, forma duale: «due città»).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 790. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/cariathaim-ebr-qirjathajim-forma-duale-due-citta.

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Penna, Angelo. “Cariathaim (Ebr. QirjĀThajim, forma duale: «due città»).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 790. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/cariathaim-ebr-qirjathajim-forma-duale-due-citta.

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  author    = {Penna, Angelo},
  title     = {Cariathaim (Ebr. QirjĀThajim, forma duale: «due città»)},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {790},
  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/cariathaim-ebr-qirjathajim-forma-duale-due-citta}
}

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