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NEERDA, a City in Babylonia, or Mesopotamia, wherein the Jews had a famous School or University. The two Brothers Asineus and Anileus, whose Names are known in the History of Josephus1, were Natives of Neerda; and the Jews of Mesopotamia, being persecuted upon their Account, were obliged to withdraw to Nisibe and Neerda, about the Year of our Lord 40, of the Vulgar Æra.
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Vid. Joseph. Antiq. l. 18. c. 12. ↩
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