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Bethabara (bĕthăb`ərə), place, on the Jordan, traditionally located at a ford just above the Dead Sea, where in the New Testament John was baptizing when Jesus came to him. RSV: Bethany, following some ancient texts.

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When third-century Origen could not find a Bethany east of the Jordan, he proposed that John 1:28 should read Bethabara ("house of crossing" in Hebrew, Comm.

The Jesus movement and social network analysis (part I: the spatial ... by Duling, Dennis C. / Biblical Theology Bulletin

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