Zoara
Sign in to savethumb|350px|Proposed location of Zoara, As-Safi thumb|right|200px Bela, also called Zoar or Tzoar, in the Hebrew Bible, Segor in the Septuagint, and Zughar by medieval Arabs, was an ancient city located in the Dead Sea basin in the Transjordan.
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19 sectionsContents
- Biblical narrative
- Historical city in extra-biblical sources
- Roman period
- Byzantine period
- Early Muslim period
- Crusader period
- Mamluk period
- Christianity
- Historic bishopric
- Catholic titular see
- Archaeology
- Locating Zoara: sources
- Surveys and digs (1986–1996)
- Sanctuary of Saint Lot
- Mixed Christian-Jewish cemetery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|350px|Proposed location of Zoara, As-Safi thumb|right|200px Bela, also called Zoar or Tzoar, in the Hebrew Bible, Segor in the Septuagint, and Zughar by medieval Arabs, was an ancient city located in the Dead Sea basin in the Transjordan.
Biblical Zoar is described in the Book of Genesis as one of the five "cities of the plain" – a pentapolis at the time of Abram/Abraham (see Patriarchal age), situated in a highly fertile valley mentioned in the Genesis, apparently stretching along the lower Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea plain. The biblical narrative shows the city being spared the "brimstone and fire" which destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah in order to provide a refuge for Lot and his daughters.