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ID: 8060300
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Emmaus (lost settlement)  Emmaus (lost settlement)

Note: Town referenced in Biblical accounts as the location where two disciples met the risen Jesus. The exact location of the town intended in the story is not certain, since there are several possibilities that were within walking distance of Jerusalem.

Names:
Emmaus (preferred,C,V)
Ἐμμαούς (C,V,Greek,U)
אמאוס (C,V,Hebrew ,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Israel (nation)  ........  Israel (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Jerusalem (national district)  ............  Jerusalem (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Emmaus (lost settlement)  ................  Emmaus (lost settlement) (P)

Place Types:
lost settlement (preferred, C)

Related geographic places:
possibly identified as ....  Emmaus .......... (inhabited place)
........................................  (World, Asia, West Bank) [7001401]
possibly identified as ....  Qalunya .......... (inhabited place)
........................................  (World, Asia, West Bank) [7018646]

Sources and Contributors:
Ἐμμαούς..........  [VP]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
אמאוס..........  [VP]
..............  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Emmaus..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
.................  New Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2002-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
..........  New Catholic Encyclopedia [online] (2002-)

 

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