Anem (ancient city)
Anem or Anim was a Levitical city in Israel allocated to the Gershonites, according to the Hebrew Bible, from the land of the tribe of Issachar (Template:Bibleverse) (6:58 in some Bibles). In the parallel location in the Book of Joshua, the name En-gannim or Engannim appears, and the two names may refer to the same town.<ref>Template:Bibleverse and Template:Bibleverse-nb</ref><ref name="DouglasTenney2011" />
The location of Anem is unknown.<ref name="DouglasTenney2011">Template:Cite book</ref>
William F. Albright suggested that Anem was the same location as En-gannim, the two spellings being variants of a single original site ʕen-ʕonam.<ref>William F. Albright (1926). "The Topography of the Tribe of Issachar". In Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft. p. 231.</ref> But Hagen Martino (in 1907), claimed that Anem is 'probably a distinct site', near En-gannim.<ref>e.g., Martino (Ed.). Atlas Biblicus. Continens Duas Et Viginti Tabulas Quibus Accedit. Index topographicus in Universam Geographam Biblicam, Paris (Suptibus P. Lethielleux, 1907). Quote: "urbs tribus Issachar, fortasse eadem atque Engannim (Djenin) vel probabilius urbs distincta, vicus ‘Anim inter aquilonem et occidentum ab Engannim.</ref>
See also
[edit]- For the two locations named En-gannim, one of which may be the same location as Anem, see List of minor biblical places#En-gannim