Re: Hollow Syria (was: Contemporaneous protolanguages)
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 29, 2004, 8:29 |
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On Sep 29, 2004, at 9:12 AM, Ray Brown wrote:
> Ancient usage is quite clear about_Coele Syria_ (Greek: koile: Syria =
> "hollow Syria"). It was that hollow (or valley)
> in ancient Syria (forget the modern political boundaries) which lay
> between Libanus (Gk. Libanos) "Mt. Lebanon"/ "Jebel Liban" and
> Antilibanus (Gk. Antilibanos) "Jebel esh-Sharqi".
> The position of the "Syrian hollow" remained the same irrespective of
> any
> Egyptian pharoah. They may have thought themselves gods - but they
> weren't
> :)
> Ray
Ah, but does the Syrian Hollow extend southwards along the
African-Asian Rift, down towards where the Libanos and Antilibanos
become the Mountains of Judea and Moab, respectively, on either side of
the Dead Sea?
Or is it just up there in the Lebanese part?
-Stephen (Steg)
"shawarma's kind of like a burrito..."
~ my friend c
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