inhabitants
61Amorites — Inhabitants of Transjordan before the entry of the Israelites, perhaps settled by 1900 BCE. They resisted the newcomers but were expelled. Compiling the story in the 7th cent. BCE, the Deuteronomist editor regards their expulsion as the proper… …
62Edomites — Inhabitants of land at the SE end of the Dead Sea. The Edomites lived adjacent to the Israelites, with whom there were frequent conflicts, though their close relationship was indicated by the legend of their ancestors going back to Esau, the… …
63Rephaim — Inhabitants of Transjordan before the arrival of the Israelites (Deut. 2:11). The name is also applied to the ‘giants’ (NRSV) from Philistia (2 Sam. 21:16; 18, 20, REB), and to giants who exist as ‘shades’ (Isa. 26:14) in the underworld but with… …
64Arabs — Inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula and Syrian desert since long before the rise of Islam (q.v.). Before the fourth century, the caravan trade to Syria (q.v.) gave rise to the Nabataean kingdom with its capital at Petra (q.v.), succeeded by… …
65Samaritans. — Inhabitants of Samaria of mixed Jewish and non Jewish descent, maintaining a form of Jewish observance centred on Mount Gerizim at Shechem (Nablus). A tiny community of a few hundred still survives …
Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament
66Main Staters — inhabitants of Maine …
67Pine Trees — inhabitants of Maine …
68Puritans — inhabitants of Massachusetts …
69burgenses — Inhabitants of a borough; burgesses …
70Settlement classification in Mexico — Mexico s states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions: Contents 1 Aguascalientes 2 Baja California 3 Baja California Sur 4 Campeche …