Anab
Biblical city in the Judaean Mountains, identified with Khirbet Anab.
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Anab (עֲנָב, Anav) is a biblical city in the Judaean Mountains from which Joshua expelled the Anakim. Identified with Khirbet Anab in the Hebron Hills, 10 mi south-south-west of Hebron, it appears in a Jewish document dated to 140 CE. A basilical church with mosaic floors and inscriptions in Greek and Christian Palestinian Aramaic was found at the site.
Quick Facts
- Biblical reference
- Book of Joshua
- Modern identification
- Khirbet Anab
- Location
- Hebron Hills, 10 mi south-south-west of Hebron, West Bank
- Document date
- 140 CE
- Church dimensions
- 38 x 20 meters
- Iconoclastic destruction period
- early Islamic period (c. 8th century CE)
- Mamluk habitation period
- 13th and 14th centuries
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- Wikipedia: Anab (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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