The Onomasticon : Palestine in the fourth century A.D. / by Eusebius of Caesarea ; translated by G.S.P. Freeman-Grenville ; indexed by Rupert L. Chapman III ; edited and introduced by Joan E. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 260-approximately 340.

Contributor:

Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.

Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P. (Greville Stewart Parker)

Chapman, Rupert L.

Taylor, Joan E.

Class of 1953 Fund.

Standardized Title:

Onomasticon. English

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Bible--Geography--Early works to 1800.

Bible.

Names, Geographical--Hebrew--Early works to 1800.

Names, Geographical.

Names, Geographical--Palestine--Early works to 1800.

Names, Geographical--Israel--Early works to 1800.

Names, Geographical--Hebrew.

Geography.

Israel.

Physical Description:

206 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : maps (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

First English-language edition.

Other Title:

Palestine in the fourth century A.D.

Palestine in the 4th century A.D.

Onomasticon of Eusebius of Caesarea and the Liber locorum of Jerome

Liber locorum

Place of Publication:

Jerusalem : Carta, 2003.

Language Note:

English translations of Eusebius' original Greek text and St. Jerome's Latin version, in parallel columns. Preliminary matter in English.

Summary:

This is the first-ever translation into English of the Onomasticon by Eusebius, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine (ca. A.D. 260-339), in parallel with Jerome's Latin translation and expansion of the same work, from the edition of Erich Klostermann. Eusebius endeavoured to list every place mentioned in the Bible and locate each one in the lands he knew.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9652205001

OCLC:

58442640