See also:

• JAMNIA ('Ia,uvia or '1a /11161a)

JAMNIA ('Ia,uvia or '1a /11161a)  , the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name Jabneel—i.e . " See also:

• GOD

God causeth to build " (Josh. xv . 1I)—or Jabneh (2 Chron. See also:

• XXVI

xxvi . 6), the See also:

• MODERN

modern Arabic YEBNA, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, on the border between See also:

• DAN

Dan and See also:

• JUDAH

Judah, situated 13 M . S. of Jaffa, and 4 M . E. of the seashore . The modern See also:

• VILLAGE

village stands on an isolated sandy hillock, surrounded by gardens with See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-See also:

• DUNES

dunes to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west . It contains a small crusaders' See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, now a See also:

• MOSQUE (through Fr. mosquie; Span. mezquila, from Arab. masjid, sajada, to adore)

mosque . See also:

• JAMNIA ('Ia,uvia or '1a /11161a)

Jamnia belonged to the See also:

• PHILISTINES

Philistines, and See also:

• UZZIAH (Heb. for " Yah[weh] is [my] strength ")

Uzziah of Judah is said to have taken it (2 Chron. xxvi . 6) . In Maccabean times See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph and Azarias attacked it unsuccessfully (r Macc. v . 55-62; 2 Macc. xii .

8 seq. is untrustworthy) . See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Jannaeus subdued it, and under See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey it became See also:

• ROMAN

Roman . It changed hands several times, is mentioned by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo (xvi . 2) as being once very populous, and in the Jewish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war was taken by See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was mainly Jewish (See also:

• PHILO
• PHILO, HERENNIUS

Philo, See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

Leg. ad Gaium, § 3o), and the town is principally famous as having been the seat of the Sanhedrin and the religious centre of Judaism from A.D . 70 to 135 . It sent a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop to See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea in 325 . In 1144 a crusaders' fortress was built on the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill, which is often mentioned under the name Ibelin . There was also a Jabneel in See also:

• LOWER

Lower See also:

• GALILEE
• GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)
• GALILEE, SEA OF

Galilee (Josh. xix . 33), called later Caphar See also:

• YAMA (Sanskrit " twin," in allusion to his being twin with his sister Yami, traditionally the first human pair)

Yama, the See also:

• PRESENT

present village Yemma, 8 m . S. of See also:

• TIBERIAS

Tiberias; and another fortress in Upper Galilee was named Jamnia (Jdsephus, Vita, 37) . Attempts have been made to unify these two Galilean sites, but without success .