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- From: "Ian Hutchesson" <mc2499 AT mclink.it>
- To: "Banyai" <Banyai AT t-online.de>, "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Tel Dan (Banias)
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 20:42:51 +0100
> We we're there, in Banyai Gardens, I think,
> near the site of Tell Dan. I was told it was the
> site of a temple to Pan.
Yes that's where the name Banias comes from, a Greek temple there. There was
a famous battle there which was won by the Seleucids against the Ptolemies,
giving the Seleucids total control of Judea.
Ian
- Re: Tel Dan (Banias), Ian Hutchesson, 03/03/2001
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