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Bethlehem, Ephratha, Rama—Medeba Map

Bethlehem, Ephratha, Rama—Medeba Map


‎Here, “Bethlehem” appears in Greek (top center) on the Medeba (Madaba) Map. Below that is “Ephratha,” the region that included Bethlehem (Mic 5:2). To Ephratha’s right, the Greek says “Rama, a voice in Rama was heard.” Rama sits about five miles (eight km) north of Jerusalem, off this picture’s left edge. The mosaicist-cartographer refers to Jeremiah 31:15, fulfilled by Herod’s infanticide around Bethlehem (Matt 2:16–18). Jeremiah himself was remembering Rachel’s death in Rama, during childbirth, while traveling to Bethlehem. In his and Matthew’s minds, the two towns, many miles apart, were linked.
‎Gen 35:16, Gen. 35:19, 1 Chr 4:4, Jer 31:15, Mic 5:2, Matt 2:1–8, Matt. 2:16–18

‎Image by Jean Housen, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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