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Jamnia

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Jamnia (jăm`nēə), biblical Jabneel (jăb`nē-ĕl, jăb`nēl) and Jabneh (jăb`nə, –nē) [Heb.,=God causes to build], ancient city, central Israel. Its modern name is Yavne. A central city of Philistia, the Bible refers to its walls being destroyed by Uzziah. It was pillaged by Judas Maccabaeus and later rebuilt. In the last years before the sack of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), Jamnia became a great Jewish cultural center. At the prayer of Johanan ben Zakkai Johanan ben Zakkai (jōhăn`ən bĕn zăk`āī)
..... Click the link for more information. , Vespasian spared Jamnia and permitted Johanan to settle there as leader of the Jewish community after the fall of Jerusalem. The Great Sanhedrin was moved to Jamnia, and the city became the capital of the Jews until the rise of Simon Bar Kokba Bar Kokba, Simon, or Simon Bar Cochba (kōk`bə) [Heb.,=son of the star], d. A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. . In the Middle Ages the Crusaders fortified the city.


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When he and his men went to gather up the bodies of the slain and bury them with their kinsmen, "Under the tunic of each of the dead they found amulets sacred to the idols of Jamnia, which the lazy, forbids the Jews to wear.
What to think of purgatory? by Colleton, Ted / Catholic Insight
With regard to the third section, "The Writings," both Sanders and Charlesworth part from the traditional date at Jamnia in 90 C.
A History of Biblical Interpretation. Volume 1: The Ancient Period by Strickert, Fred / Currents in Theology and Mission
Originally, the typescript that includes the full-length versions of "Babylon," "The Academy at Jamnia," "The Synagogue Defeated," "Spain," "Poland," and "Russia," bore the title "If I Forget You Jerusalem: In Memoriam, 1933.
"Palestine was a halting place, one of many": Diasporism in the ... by Omer, Ranen / MELUS
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