Derbe

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Template:Short description Template:Otheruses Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox ancient site Derbe or Dervi (Template:Langx), also called Derveia (Template:Langx),[1] was a city of Galatia in Asia Minor, and later of Lycaonia, and still later of Isauria and Cappadocia. It is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles at Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". and Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".. Derbe is the only city mentioned in the New Testament where the inhabitants adopted Paul's version of Christianity right away.[2][3]

Etymology

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Location

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Strabo places Derbe “on the sides” of Isauria, and almost in Cappadocia.[5] Elsewhere, he says it was in the eleventh praefecture of Cappadocia.[6] When the apostles Paul and Barnabas visited Derbe, it was in Lycaonia. Stephanus of Byzantium places Derbe in Isauria.[7][8][9]

In 1956, on the basis of an inscription dating to 157 AD, Michael Ballance fixed the site of Derbe at a mound known as Kerti Hüyük, some Template:Convert northeast of Karaman (ancient Laranda), near Ekinözü village in modern-day Turkey.[10] Although subject to controversy, this is considered the most likely site.[11][12][13][14][15]

Stephanus of Byzantium says that Derbe would have had a port (λιμήν , limēn), but this is an obvious mistake, as the city was located inland. This has been corrected to the form limnē (λίμνη , 'lake'], as there are some lakes in the vicinity, albeit a little further away.[16] In modern Turkey there is a village named Derbent, nearby a lake and nearby Iconium city.[17] There is also a district that is named Derbent.

History

Antipater of Derbe, a friend of Cicero,[18] was ruler of Derbe, but was killed by Amyntas of Galatia, who added Derbe to his possessions.[19][20]

Claudioderbe was a special title given to Derbe during the reign of the Roman Emperor Claudius; it appears on second century coins from Derbe.[10]

The apostles Paul and Barnabas came to Derbe after escaping a disturbance and surviving the stoning in Lystra (Acts 14:19), about Template:Convert away.[11][21]

The Bishopric of Derbe became a suffragan see of Iconium. It is not mentioned by later Notitiae Episcopatuum. Just four bishops are known, from 381 to 672.[22] Derbe is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees.[23]

Saint Timothy was a native of Derbe (or of Lystra).[24] Derve may also be linked to Dervish or Derviş (literally means mendicant, 'beggar', 'one who goes from door to door'), a mystic Sufi fraternity from Iconium whose most common practice Sama is directly associated with the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi. The firstborn son of Rumi named Veled escaped death miraculously nearby Derbe[25][26] (other sources report that it was the second son of Rumi that escaped death miraculously). The place where the miracle happened is mentioned as "Paul's cave"[27] in Meyers Reisebücher. Maybe the dance named devr-i veledi[28][29] that precedes the Sema ceremony is also related to Derve. According some rumors, Devr-i veledi (that was played during circumcision ceremonies) also refers to the circumcision[30] of Rumi's father Bahā ud-Dīn Walad during the pilgrimage, and this action is somehow associated with the circumcision of Saint Timothy Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"..[31] Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Acts |14:19-22
  3. ↑ Acts |16:1-5
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ Template:Cite Strabo
  6. ↑ Template:Cite Strabo
  7. ↑ Template:Cite Stephanus
  8. ↑ Ramsay, William Mitchell (1908). The Cities of St. Paul. A.C. Armstrong. pp. 315–384.
  9. ↑ Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (1977). Paul: Apostle of the Heart Set Free. Eerdmans. p. 475. Template:ISBN
  10. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. ↑ a b Bastian Van Elderen, Some Archaeological Observations on Paul’s First Missionary Journey, 157-159 Template:Webarchive.
  12. ↑ Steve C. Singleton, Derbe, from Bible Atlas from Space, Deeperstudy.com.
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  18. ↑ Cicero, Ad Familiares, xiii. 73
  19. ↑ Strabo, XII,i, 4; vi, 3
  20. ↑ Dio Cassius, XLIX, xxxii)
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  23. ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, Template:ISBN), p. 880
  24. ↑ Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".
  25. ↑ M. SABRİ DOĞAN http://www.akmanastir.com/2019/12/22/eflatun-manastir/ Template:Webarchive
  26. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  30. ↑ Template:Cite thesis
  31. ↑ Circumcision of Jesus#Theological beliefs and celebrations
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