Jamnia

Proper noun

Meaning

Jamnia

Alternative form of Yavne (ancient city in Israel)

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Many scholars believe that the limits of the Ketuvim as canonized scripture were determined by the Council of Jamnia c. 90 CE. Source: Internet

Josephus (h) says, the Danites enjoyed the vale which lies to the setting sun, bounded by Azotus and Doris, and all Jamnia and Getta, from Accaron (or Ekron) to the mountain from whence the tribe of Judah begins." Source: Internet

Disputes occurred in the city of Jamnia. Source: Internet

It is commonly said that Judaism officially excluded the deuterocanonicals and the additional Greek texts listed here from their Scripture in the Council of Jamnia (c. 70–90 AD), but this claim is disputed. Source: Internet

McDonald & Sanders, editors, The Canon Debate, 2002, chapter 9: Jamnia Revisited by Jack P. Lewis. Source: Internet

Traditionally, the text of the Tanakh was said to have been finalized at the Council of Jamnia in 70 CE, although this is uncertain. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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