Emmaus (Israel : Extinct city)
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found: Work cat.: Bazzocchini, B. L'Emmaus di S. Luca, 1906.
found: Anchor Bible dict., 1992:v. 2, pp. 497-498.
found: The new encyc. of archaeological excavations in the Holy Land, 1993:v. 2, pp. 385-389.
found: Web. geog.:p. 371.
found: Lippincott(lists Emmaus; on site of modern village of Imwas; not the Emmaus of the New Testament)
found: New Catholic Encyclopedia(The location of the Emmaus mentioned in LK.24.13-35 is disputed. Among the various sites identified with this Emmaus are: (1) Modern ʻAmwas. Early Christian tradition chose this site. However this represents a good 5-hour walk. (2) Modern el-Qubeibeh - about a 2-hour walk. (3) Modern Qalônieh, directly west of Jerusalem.)
notfound: Britannica Micro.
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1993-07-15: new
2004-09-01: revised
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