Rafaiter level
The Rafaiter Plain or the Refaïm Valley (also Rephaim Valley or Refaïm Plain ; Hebrew עֵמֶק רְפָאִים, ʿEmeq Rəpha'īm 'Valley of the Giants') is a landscape in Israel southwest of Jerusalem . The valley leads to the Elah valley . In ancient times, a road led through the valley floor from the coast to the Judean Mountains.
The northeast corner of the Refaiter level formed the border area of the tribes Judah and Benjamin ( Jos 15.8 EU ; 18.16 EU ). It was known for its grain cultivation ( Isa 17.5 EU ) and in the time of David served the Philistines several times as a military deployment area ( 2 Sam 5.18.22 EU ; 23.13 EU ; 1 Chr 11.15 EU ; 14.9 EU ).
The valley is "1 hour long, ½ hour wide to the monastery of mar eljas = baʿal perazim".
At the northern end there was "the eponymous colony of the German Templars " since 1873 , the "German Colony" is now a district of Jerusalem.
It was named after the Rafaite people who settled in Bashan .
literature
- Georg Beer : Rephaim . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 1, Stuttgart 1914, Sp. 610.
- Stuttgart Bible Atlas. Privileged Württemberg Bible Institute, Stuttgart, 1932.
- Ernst Höhne (editor), Hermann Wahle (cartography): Palestine: historical-archaeological map. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1981, ISBN 3-525-50157-9 . Reprint from: Bo Reicke, Leonhard Rost (eds.): Biblisch-Historisches Concise Dictionary , Volume 4. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1979, ISBN 3-525-50156-0 , pp. 161–284.
Web links
- Zafrir Rinat: death sentence for the Refaim valley. In: Lebenshaus Schwäbische Alb. July 5, 2005 (taken from Haaretz , June 15, 2005, translated and shortened by Ellen Rohlfs).
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 31 ° 44 ′ 50 " N , 35 ° 9 ′ 28.6" E