Places in the Bible Today:
Arsinoe
Data
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Notes | Caner, History and Hagiography from the Late Antique Sinai (2010) (page 213): Arsinoe is "built at the eastern terminus of the Ptolemaic canal connecting the Red Sea to the Nile;" Cohen, Hellenistic Settlements in Syria, the Red Sea Basin, and North Africa (2006) (page 328): "Sidebothan... identified Arsinoe with Klysma.... Guthe separated the two settlements; he believed that Arsinoe was located at Fayed;" Cohen, Hellenistic Settlements in Europe, the Islands, and Asia Minor (1995) (page 309): Arsinoe is "North of Suez at Kabret on the southwest shore of the Great Bitter Lake;" Berlitz Pocket Guide to Egypt: Red Sea Coast (2016) says that Clyzma is Tall al Qulzum and that Arsinoe is "a few kilometers away;" Mackay, Exodus (2001) argues that Qulzum is Arsinoe |
| Geo Data |
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4 Possible Identifications
- in the region between Maghfar and Lake Timsah (modern): 15% confidence
- Kibrit (modern): 15% confidence
- Tall al Qulzum (modern): 15% confidence
- Fayid (modern): less than 10% confidence
Linked Data Identifiers
| Source | Identifier |
|---|---|
| Logos Factbook | Arsinoe |
| OpenBible.info | a6bd641 (Arsinoe) |
| Wikidata | Q3623994 |
Sources
- Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Arsinoe
Confidence Trends over Time
This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others, for example, then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.
Thumbnail Image Credits
Daniel Csörföly, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2
About
This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.