community
Paneas / Caesarea Philippi
Banias, Golan Heights (Israeli-administered; Syria claims) · Jewish-Christian groups
33.248, 35.694
Hostile source. Epiphanius is hostile for the Ebionite presence. Eusebius is a neutral eyewitness for the statue.
Attested. Both claims are 4th-century reports. The Ebionite presence comes only from a hostile source, and the statue's identification was local tradition.
Epiphanius includes Paneas, with Nabataea, Moabitis and Kochaba, among the places where Ebionites lived. Eusebius says he saw a bronze statue here that local people said showed Jesus healing the woman with the flow of blood. The town links Jewish-Christian groups with early local Jesus traditions.
People and groups named here
- Ebionites
- Eusebius (eyewitness of the statue)
Sources
- Eusebius, Church History VII.18 (statue tradition at Caesarea Philippi/Paneas)
Eusebius of Caesarea, tr. A. C. McGiffert, NPNF2 vol. 1 (1890), public domain; New Advent. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Ebionites (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 678324: Paneas/Caesarea Philippi
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
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