Ramah (Judea)

Ramah (Judea).

The village of Thomas.

Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]

Thomas the apostle, his sister, his step-brother, his father and his family, Nicodemus the Sanhedrist have a property there.

Description[edit | edit source]

A side road with a good gradient leads to the very low little hill on which Ramah is located.^[1]

It is a gospelized village devoted to Jesus, as Thomas specifies when it comes to finding a refuge near Jerusalem which has become hostile:

"'Ramah also…' says Thomas who is proud of his town. 'My father and my brother-in-law thought of You with Nicodemus.'^[2]

Notable facts[edit | edit source]

Jesus gives the parable of the number of the elect (the narrow gate) there.^[3]

Its name[edit | edit source]

רָמוֹת‎ (Ramot)^[4]

Ramah (Judea) means "height" - Ramah (Judea) of Benjamin is located about ten km north of Jerusalem. Today Er-Ram (Ramot polin). It is a suburb of greater Jerusalem.

To be distinguished from Ramah (Judea) of Samuel the prophet (Ramah (Judea)taim) later becoming Arimathea or from Ramot, a city of Gilead.

Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]

GRM 363
GRM 488 GRM 489
GRM 563 GRM 566 GRM 582
GRM 628

Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]

The palm tree where the prophetess Deborah sits is located between this town and the nearby town of Bethel.^[5]

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Notes and references[edit | edit source]

↑ GRM 363.1.
↑ GRM 488.5.
↑ Matthew 7:13-14 ; Luke 13:23-35 ; GRM 363.7.
↑ Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net.
↑ Judges 19:13.

[1] GRM 363.1.

[2] GRM 488.5.

[3] Matthew 7:13-14 ; Luke 13:23-35 ; GRM 363.7.

[4] Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net.

[5] Judges 19:13.

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