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The Church Fathers · c. 320–330

On the Place Names in Holy Scripture

Onomasticon

Eusebius of Caesarea · c. 260–339

What it is

An alphabetical gazetteer of biblical places, giving each one's location in the fourth-century landscape and whether the village was still standing.

Why it lasted

The first work of biblical geography and still a primary source for the historical topography of Palestine.

Where to read it

This work is in the public domain and can be read in full, free, at the archives below. The Library catalogues it; it does not host the text.

These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.

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