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Deir Ali
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Deir Ali |
| native_name | دير علي |
| pushpin_map | Syria |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria |
| subdivision_type1 | Governorate |
| subdivision_name1 | Rif Dimashq |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Markaz Rif Dimashq |
| subdivision_type3 | Subdistrict |
| subdivision_name3 | al-Kiswah |
| settlement_type | Village |
| established_title | |
| established_title2 | |
| established_title3 | |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_as_of | 2004 census |
| population_total | 4368 |
| population_footnotes | |
| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +2 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +3 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | |
| postal_code_type |
Deir Ali () is a small town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Ali had a population of 4,368 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly members of the Druze community.
History
The town was historically a village known as Lebaba, and contains the archaeological remains of a Marcionite church. These include an inscription dated to 318 CE, which is the oldest known surviving inscribed reference, anywhere, to Jesus: :The meeting-house of the Marcionites, in the village of Lebaba, of the Lord and Saviour Jesus the Good -Erected by the forethought of Paul a presbyter, in the year 630 Seleucid era This gained the attention of the First Bible Network (FBN.)
In 1838, Eli Smith noted Deir Ali's population as being Druze.
The Arab Gas Pipeline passes through the area and supplies gas to a modern power station (estimated cost 250 million euros) in the town; the pipeline junction at the power station links the power grids of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.
References
Bibliography
References
- [https://archive.today/20121209103548/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB03-1-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Rif Dimashq Governorate. {{in lang. ar
- Firro, 1992, p. 34.
- [[Philippe Le Bas]] and [[William Henry Waddington]], ''Greek Inscriptions grecques et latines recueillies en Grèce et en Asie Mineure'' (1870), volume 3, inscription 2558. Minor reference in [[Gerhard Kittel]], ''Theological Dictionary of the New Testament'', under ''Synagogue''. Also obliquely referenced in the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' article on ''Marcionites'', using Le Bas and Waddington as a reference
- (2021-11-04). "The Oldest Inscription Bearing Jesus' Name (and why you never heard of it)".
- Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/149/mode/1up 149]
- "Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | Newsreel".
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