Caleb b. Jephunneh

URI https://medievalmideast.org/person/8734

Biblical figure of the generation after Moses

Names

  • Arabic: كالب بن يوفنا = Kālib b. Yūfannā 1
  • Hebrew: כלב בן יפונה = KLB BN YPWNH 2
  • Latin: Caleb 3
  • Syriac: ܟܠܒ ܒܪ ܝܘܦܢܐ = KLB BR YWPΝʾ 4

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.1 before c. 1225c.1225877 A.H. / 14721995
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion3 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār Ṣādr, 1995), (2) 69 [Arabic].
  • 2Caleb ben Jephunneh: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 45 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Caleb: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IX 26. [Latin].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 26 [Syriac].
    • Kaleb (Caleb): J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 41, 44; II, 83 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Caleb b. Jephunneh” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/8734.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; gender assignment, matching, and transliteration from Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī’s Muʿjam al-Buldān; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Margaret Gaida: matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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