Gilead (region)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/17152

a site in modern-day Jordan

Names

  • Hebrew: גלעיד = GLʿYD 1
  • Hebrew: גלעד = GLʿD 2
  • Latin: Galaad 3
  • Syriac: ܓܠܥܕ = GLʿD 4

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela 1-2 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 3 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Galid: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 48 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Gilead: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 48 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 3Galaad: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), I 4, III 8. 9, V 5 15. 16, VII 14. 15. 17. 33. 46. [Latin].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 33 [Syriac].
    • Galaad: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 53, 54, 80 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Gilead” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17152.

Additional credit information:

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