Caesarea Philippi : Banias, the lost city of Pan /
Banias is a city that has seen almost every age of history pass through it. Nestling by Mount Hermon in the disputed Golan Heights region, the city was first established as an ancient cult site known since Canaanite times. Named Caesarea Philippi under Herod Phillip, it was a focal point for the cul...
| Main Author: | Wilson, John Francis. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan,
2004.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125770 |
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Print version::
Caesarea Philippi. |
| Summary: |
Banias is a city that has seen almost every age of history pass through it. Nestling by Mount Hermon in the disputed Golan Heights region, the city was first established as an ancient cult site known since Canaanite times. Named Caesarea Philippi under Herod Phillip, it was a focal point for the cult of Pan throughout the Roman period, attracting the opposition of the Christian Emperor Constantine. Conquered by Arabs and Crusaders, it was finally destroyed in 1967: occupied by Israeli forces in the Six Days War and then bulldozed flat, the City of Pan was no more. This book is a history of the. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 262 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps, plans |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
1417582340 9781417582341 1850434409 9781850434405 1282527657 9781282527652 9780857711151 0857711156 |