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Haluza ((ヘブライ語:חלוצה)), also known as Halasa, Chellous (''Χελλοὺς'' in Greek), al-Khalasa and Elusa, is a city in the Negev, Israel, that was once part of the Nabataean Incense Route. Due to its historic importance, UNESCO declared Haluza a World Heritage Site along with Mamshit, Avdat and Shivta. The city is one of the two main potential locations for the Biblical city of Ziklag,〔''Jewish Encyclopedia''; ''Easton's Bible Dictionary''; Cheyne and Black, ''Encyclopedia Biblica''〕 ''Ziklag'' being considered in this case a corruption of ''Halusah'', meaning ''fortress''.〔 ==History== The city is mentioned under the name 'Chellous' (Χελλοὺς) in the Greek text of Judith, i, 9. It is also mentioned by Ptolemy〔V:xv:10〕 as being in Idumaea, Peutinger's Table, Stephanus Byzantius (as being formerly in the province of Arabia Petraea, now in Palaestina Tertia), Jerome,〔''In Isaiam'' V:xv, 4〕 the pilgrim Theodosius, Antoninus of Piacenza, and Joannes Moschus.〔''Pratum Spirituale'', clxiv〕 Jerome's life of St. Hilarion says that, in the fourth century, there was at Elusa a great temple of Aphrodite.〔"Vita Sancti Hilarionis", 25, in ''Patrologia Latina'', XXIII, col.41〕 Hilarion is supposed to have introduced Christianity to Elusa in the fourth century.〔Jerome, ''loc.cit.''〕 Early in the following century, a Bishop of Elusa, after redeeming the son of Nilus of Sinai, who had been carried off from Mount Sinai by the Arabs, ordained both him and his father.〔''Patrologia Graeca'' LXXIX:373-93〕 Other bishops known are Theodulus, 431; Aretas, 451; Peter, 518; and Zenobius, 536.〔Lequien, ''Oriens Christianus'' III, 735〕 The ruins of the city are at al-Khalasa (Khalasah), about nineteen miles southwest of Beersheba, in a large plain within modern Israel. Many inscriptions have been found there.〔''Revue Biblique, 1905, 246-48, 253-55〕 In the vicinity, according to the Targums, was the desert of Sur with the well at which the angel found Hagar (Genesis 16:7). (See Revue Biblique, 1906, 597). Archaeological surveys of the area are partly hampered by the presence of shifting sands around the city, though Nabataean era streets have been found, along with two churches, a theatre, winepress, and tower.〔(The Incense Route (Israel) ) UNESCO〕 Unlike the other cities on the Incense route, Haluza has been excavated without sufficient care to return stones to their original places, compromising future excavation, and the site is generally badly looked after.〔〔(Benjamin Adam Saidel and Gary L. Christopherson, ''Palestine Exploration Quarterly'', 137, 1 (2005), 53-63. )〕 The bishopric of Elusa is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.〔''Annuario Pontificio 2013'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 888〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haluza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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