Places in the Bible Today:
Thapsacus
Data
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Notes | while the Bible dictionaries are unanimous that Dibseh is the location of Thapsacus, Wikipedia is adamant that it isn’t |
| Geo Data |
KML (for Google Earth) GeoJSON (for GIS applications) |
1 Identification
Linked Data Identifiers
| Source | Identifier |
|---|---|
| Biblemapper.com | 923 |
| OpenBible.info | aa4fca2 (Thapsacus) |
| Pleiades | 674270 |
| Wikidata | Q1284954 |
Sources
- Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Tiphsah (place)
- Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Thapsacus
- HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (2011): Tiphsah
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Tiphsah
- Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Index I. Thapsakos
- Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Thapsacus
- Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010): Tiphsah
Confidence Trends over Time
This chart indicates how confidence in the identification 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.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019
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.