RESSA, a pretty famous City of Arabia Petrea; probably, the same as Rissah, an Encampment of the Children of Israel in the Desart; of which we shall speak in its Joseph. de Bello, l. 1. c. 12.Place. Josephus mentions the Castle of Ressa in Idumea: And St. Jerom, in the Life of St. Hilarion, says, that this Saint made Converts of the whole City of Ressa, situate between Cadesh and Gaza. Perhaps this is the City of Larissa, mention’d by William of Tyre1; and Arischi an Episcopal City in the Desart of the Children of Israel2. Laris was a Maritime City upon the Way to Egypt.
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