Jordan Ash Connections - 🧡 Ark of the Covenant

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible.

Since there is no clear dividing line between what are called today the and , which actually form one stretch of arid tableland, the classical concept of what actually constituted Syria had more to its credit geographically than the vaguer Arab concept of Syria as.

From the classical perspective however Syria, including Palestine, formed no more than the western fringes of what was reckoned to be Arabia between the first line of cities and the coast.