Re: Above/Below Engedi

[Dunnlaw@aol.com]

Folks:  In a translation of Pliny I find the following: "On the west side the
Essenes avoid the baleful shoreline.  Below them lay the town of Engedi once
second only to Jerusalem in fertility and palm groves, now simply a second
sepulchre.  Then comes the rock fort of Masada . . . ."  Why is it the
"below" in this context is taken to mean "south of."  I understand that when
one talks of going to Jerusalem he/she may say that " I am going up to
Jesusalem" even if may be geographically located north, south, east or west
of Jerusalem.  Is it unreasonable to speculate that "below" may mean "at a
lower elevation?"  I suppose that if Essenes were involved in agricultre that
might be part of the answer.  Mark Dunn

---

• Prev by Date: Re: Number of women at Qumran, was Re: smtp mail warning
• Next by Date: daniels prophecy on the apocalypse
• Prev by thread: Re: Number of women at Qumran, was Re: smtp mail warning
• Next by thread: Re: Above/Below Engedi
• Index(es):
  • Date
  • Thread