Phoinix (Crete)
Phoinix , sometimes Germanized Phoenix , was an ancient place with an important port on the southwest coast of the Greek island of Crete near today's Loutro .
history
A settlement existed there from the Mycenaean to the Byzantine times. In the Byzantine era, the city was the seat of a bishop. Some archaeological remains (including five early Christian basilicas and houses) are known, but little researched.
Acts of the Apostles
In the New Testament , the place emerges through its special geographical location. It is said to have served Paul on his trip to Rome as an option for wintering quarters, as this was open to the southwest and northwest in order to make the weather conditions as pleasant as possible for Paul's team in winter ( Acts 27.12 EU ). Due to a violent northeast storm, however, the team around Paulus did not reach their destination ( Acts 27:14 EU ). Although the Evangelist Luke describes the port's location as open to the southwest and northwest in his double work, archeology has not yet succeeded in locating the ancient port. The translation of the Greek original word βλέποντα is also imprecise . In some translations it is translated as "open", in others as "protected". Other scientists suspect the place in Messenia .
literature
- David J. Blackman: Phoinix, Greece . In: Richard Stillwell et al. a. (Ed.): The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ 1976, ISBN 0-691-03542-3 .
- Holger Saturday : Phoinix [8]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 , Sp. 939.
- Jerusalem Biblical Lexicon , 4th Edition 1998, p. 697.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lucia Nixon: Building Memory: The Role of Sacred Structures in Sphakia and Crete . In: Beate Dignas, RRR Smith (Ed.): Historical and Religious Memory in the Ancient World . Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-957206-9 , pp. 368 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Acts 27th Bible Hub, accessed April 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Chapter XI: The End of Paul. (PDF (310 kB)) New Testament revision course - Professor Dr. Peter Pilhofer, accessed on April 2, 2015 .
Coordinates: 35 ° 11 '47.4 " N , 24 ° 4' 39.3" E