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Kiriath-jearim (settlement)

URI https://medievalmideast.org/place/17707

A town in ancient Israel, mentioned in the Bible

Names

  • Latin: Cariathiarim 1
  • Syriac: ܩܪܬܝܡ = QRTYM 2

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Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion 1 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian 2 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Cariathiarim: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), IX 5 bis. [Latin].
  • 2Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 47 [Syriac].
    • Kariath-iarim: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 76 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Kiriath-jearim” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/place/17707.

Additional credit information:

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