DOR IN THE TALMUD. 



Once only is Dor mentioned in the Talmud, It occurs in a list 

 of frontiers of Israel, dating probably from the time of John Hyr- 

 canus (135-105 B. C.) and Alexander Jannaeus (104-78 B. C.)'. 

 Neubauer^ gives the various readings of the name (which occurs 

 between Caesarea and Akko) as follows : 



(a) Tal de Jer., Schebiith VI: 1 : "im . 



(b) Tosiftha, Schebiith, Ch. 3 : 11"!^ . 



(c) Siphre, sect. Ekeb, a la fin: "111 . 



(d) Yalkout, sect. Ekeb, § 674: IT"! . 



The variations in the form of the name indicate that the texts here 

 have become quite corrupt. 



In the Jerusalem Talmud, N*J^£i^1 precedes "n"11 . This Hilde- 

 sheimer^ reads with Dor and translates "die Klippe, die Hohe von 

 Dor." Neubauer*, on the contrary, maintains that J^J^tJ^ should be 

 connected, as in the other redactions, with the preceding "|Ji^ or 

 "IJJ^ and that the word should be read NJ^tTlC^ (or ^^J»t:nL^). In 

 order that we may have the various readings of the preceding town 

 (i. e., Caesarea) before us, I again quote from Neubauer's table 

 opposite p. 11, No. 2: 



(a) Tal. de Jer., Schebiith, VI: 1: N*rCn T^T '?"T:1D HD^n . 



(b) Tos., Schebiith, Ch. 3: (t<"1Dp1 NlltTD nJltTltr '^IJQlDim . 



(c) Siphre, sect. Ekeb., a la fin: "jtJ^"!:^ I^ID ilQin. 



(d) Yalkout, sect. Ekeb., §674: ft^HC* '?"II!3 nf2)tl . 



Here, too, there is evidently such great confusion in the readings, 

 that absolute certainty as to the original text can hardly be reached. 

 Neubauer connects his KTC*1£^ with the old name of Caesarea, 

 SrpaTwvos TTvpyos- This in turn he derives (with Renan) from the 

 Phoenician HlilCy "ID^ •' But NJ^J^ntJ^ seems very unlike both 

 the Phoenician and its derived Greek form. We cannot, therefore, 

 accept his explanation as the correct one. 



' Hildesheimer, Beitrdge z. Oeog. Pal., p. 10. 



^ La Geographic du Talmud, No. 3 on table opp. p. 11. 



^ Beitrdge, p. 10. 



* La Geographic, pp. 11, 15. 



^ Buhl (Geog., p. 211) finds in the Greek name an original Astartyaton. 



