Talk:Naaran

Peace upon Israel

There are two ancient synagogues in Jericho. One is Na'aran and the second in the "Shalom al Yisrael" (peace upon Israel) synagogue. The Na'aran synagogue is located just north of Jericho, while the peace upon Israel synagogue is located near the center of Jericho. Please don't mix these together. Chocom (talk) 08:10, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Issues

• There was a village of this name in the Golan at 214/270; I think we don't have an article.
• Good sources: Stern (ed.) New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Vol 3, p1075ff (Na'aran). [EJ] Encyclopedia Judaica, 2nd edition, Vol 14, p714 (Naarah). Tsafrir, Gazetteer of Roman Palestine, p197 (Noorath, Neara, Na'aran). Sivan, Palestine in Late Antiquity, p58ff. Werlin, Ancient Synagogues of Southern Palestine, 300–800 CE, p29ff.
• There were two biblical spellings: 1 Chr 7:28 Na'aran, Jos. 16:7 Na'arah.
• The location used to point at the Jericho suburb called Nu'eimah, which is not where the synagogue is located. I fixed the coords and will correct the text, removing the unreliable travel guide.

Zero^talk 05:39, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

To editor Arminden: I'm finished for now. A vast amount of information about the synagogue is available if you want to add more. Also, I am not opposed to a rename to Na'aran. Zero^talk 07:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Copied from Na'aran (Israeli settlement):

@Zero0000: Thanks. I checked in Negev & Gibson (2001). They write the name of the ancient village w/o apostrophe, while Hachlili does use one. Maybe because Negev is old-school and Gibson is British. They cite Josephus and Eusebius, and place it, probably based on the latter, "about 5 miles from Jericho".

Synagogue of Ayn ad-Duk = Na'aran Syn., clear case (Osama Hamdan & Carla Benelli (2008). The dispersion of cultural heritage in Palestine: the case of the 6th century mosaic of the Synagogue of Ayn al Duk (Na'aran) in Jericho). Weird, because Duk and Na'aran, as far as I know, are 2 distinct springs. Both were used by Herod. Ah, here we go: "Hydrology: Zone 9 contains three springs: ‘Ayn al-Duyuk, ‘Ayn al-Nueima, and ‘Ayn

Shusha. Additional water passed through this area via aqueducts from the large ‘Ayn al-

‘Auja to the north out of the Jericho plain." (p. 27 of BEYOND THE WALLS OF JERICHO: KHIRBET AL-MAFJAR AND THE SIGNATURE LANDSCAPES OF THE JERICHO PLAIN(2015); maps: pp. 4, 18). A cluster of 3 springs. In the thesis on p. 100 you have 'Ayn Duyuk/Doq, so Duyuk and Doq/Duk are the same spring. Another paper (IAA) groups the same springs together: "...springs flow...in the Vradim–Bi‘ana Formation ('En Shusha, ‘En ed-Duyuk, 'Ein Nu‘eima, ‘Ein Fara, ‘Ein Qelt and ‘Ein el-Fawwar)", where all the former 3 are from the Nueima cluster, and all the latter 3 from Wadi Qelt.

Netzer has dealt in detail with Herod's aqueducts, and maybe also the La Sapienza team more recently.

I guess the Nu'eimah suburb is named after the wadi, so clearly distinct from the village and probably east of it. The wadi cuts west to east all across the area north of Jericho, see maps above.

Tell el-Jisr, Bridge Mound, is probably named after the (once?) well-preserved Na'aran aqueduct segment crossing a valley (probably Wadi Nu'eimah/Na'aran), a classical Roman aqueduct with 2 tiers of arches. Arminden (talk) 08:28, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@Arminden: The two springs are very close together, only 150m. The synagogue is 285m from Ain el Duk and about 310m from the other spring. It would be ok to say that the synagogue is located close to the two springs. Zero^talk 09:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)