According to the Bible, Admah (Heb. אַדְמָה) was one of the
five cities of the
Vale of Siddim. It was destroyed along with
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah () were two legendary biblical cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked by man's sin (see Genesis 19:1–28). They are mentioned frequ ...
. It is supposed by
William F. Albright
William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891– September 19, 1971) was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics. He is considered "one of the twentieth century's most influential American biblical scholars."
...
to be the same as the "Adam" of . The location of Admah is unknown,
although
Bryant G. Wood
Bryant G. Wood (born 1936) is an American biblical archaeologist and young earth creationist. Wood is known for arguing that the destruction of Jericho could be accorded with the biblical literalist chronology of c. 1400 BC. This date is some ...
a proponent of the southern theory for the Cities of the Plain identified the site with
Numeira, but later changed it to Khirbat al-Khanazir Jordan, although it was only a cemetery during the Bronze Age and proponents of the northern theory for the Cities of the Plain identify the site with
Tel Nimrin, Jordan.
The town is mentioned figuratively in the
Bible
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, in Deuteronomy and
Book of Hosea
The Book of Hosea ( hbo, , Sēfer Hōšēaʿ) is collected as one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Tanakh, and as a book in its own right in the Christian Old Testament. According to the traditional order of most ...
.
There has also been some conjecture that Admah is mentioned in the
Ebla tablets
The Ebla tablets are a collection of as many as 1,800 complete clay tablets, 4,700 fragments, and many thousands of minor chips found in the palace archives of the ancient city of Ebla, Syria. The tablets were discovered by Italian archaeologist ...
as the Eblaite word "ad-ma" or "ad-mu-utki" = (Town of) Admah.
[contra. Thomas O'Toole]
Ebla Tablets: No Biblical Claims
''The Washington Post
''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large n ...
''December 9, 1979
See also
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah () were two legendary biblical cities destroyed by God for their wickedness. Their story parallels the Genesis flood narrative in its theme of God's anger provoked by man's sin (see Genesis 19:1–28). They are mentioned frequ ...
- two of the five "cities of the plain"
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Zeboim - one of the five "cities of the plain"
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Zoar, former Bela - one of the five "cities of the plain"
References
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Torah cities
Destroyed cities