Bob wrote:
> (2) Not only does Pliny use "infra" (below) in his descriptions, but also
> "supra" (above). It would seem to me likely that these are related as
> geographical/topographical pointers. So what does Pliny mean when he
> locates
> "Judaea" "supra" Idumea and Samaria (NH 5.70)? He has just finished
> mentioning the "mountains" of Sebaste and Gamala in Samaria, so does he
> mean that "Judaea" in which he also mentions "mountains," is at a
> generally higher altitude?
Iuodaia is indeed above Idumaia and the Samareitis in the topographical
sense.
But different from the Jordan story the source here is probably a Jewish
one. You have to go up to Jerusalem, understand? I'd assume, then, the
library of Agrippa II, for the letter-friendship is known, I recall at least
a passage somewhere in Hengel_Zealots_Edinburgh 1989/97.
Tot ziens.
Dierk
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