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Kefar-Salama (Caphar-Salama)
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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Scene of Nicanor's unsuccessful attack upon Judas Maccabeus (I Macc. 7:31; comp. Josephus, "Ant." 12:10, § 4). The exact site is somewhat doubtful. There are several names of places in modern Palestine between Jaffa and Jerusalem which may be identified with this one. Kefar-Salama has been supposed to be identical with the Carva Salim mentioned just before the Crusades as being near Ramleh, where later was a casal of the Knights Hospitalers. It has been identified also with the Kefar Shalem mentioned in the Talmud ('Ab. Zarah 31a); but this latter is regarded by Neubauer as the place Salim near which John was baptizing (John 3:23).
Bibliography:
- Schürer, Gesch. 1:169, note;
- Le Strange, Palestine Under the Moslems, pp. 471 et seq.;
- Neubauer, G. T. p. 173;
- Buhl, Geographie des Alten Palästina, p. 196.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Kefar-Salama (Caphar-Salama)'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/k/kefar-salama-caphar-salama.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Kefar-Salama (Caphar-Salama)'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/k/kefar-salama-caphar-salama.html. 1901.
