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Pentapolis
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
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- The five Sodomite cities Adamah, Gomorrah, Sodom, Zeboim, and Zoar, expressly called "Pentapolis" in Wisdom 10:6.
- The five Philistine cities Askelon, Azotus, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza (comp. 1 Samuel 6:17,18) in connection with which Josephus ("Ant." 6:1, § 1) uses the term "five."
- Five cities in the district of Cyrenaica in northern Africa: Apollonia, Arsinoe, Berenice, Cyrene, and Ptolemais. Josephus ("B.J." 7:11, § 1) mentions them in connection with the Jewish war of the year 70 which the Jews had carried thither. The district is called by Pliny ("Historia Naturalis," 5:5, § 5) "Pentapolitana regio." The Pentapolitans are mentioned in Targ. Jonathan and Targ. Yer. to Genesis 10:13,14, and in Targ. to 1 Chronicles 1:12.
Bibliography:
- Forbiger, Gesch. der Alten Geographie, s.;
- Boettger, Topographisch-Historisches Lexicon zu den Schriften des Flavius Josephus, p. 201, Leipsic, 1879.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Pentapolis'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/p/pentapolis.html. 1901.
Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Pentapolis'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/p/pentapolis.html. 1901.
