“We don’t argue too much amongst each other, but the name comes from the Bible, Joppa,” said Harold Arnold, 53. Under his feet, near a shuttered old house and a pile of trash, James Williams ...

Named for a city in the Bible, Joppa was formed by freed slaves after the Civil War. Residents have always called it Joppee, and some say it's not the place for 14 new townhomes.

This is the twenty-ninth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles. This entry deals with Peter’s missionary travels to Lydda and Joppa and his powerful encounter ...

Neighbors say it's symptomatic of a bigger issue in the Joppa-Loch Raven area. ... Archaeologists discover 3,000-year-old structure mentioned in the Bible.

Freed slaves founded Joppa, named for a city in the Bible, after the Civil War. Residents have always called it Joppee. The biblical place, originally the Canaanite city of Yapu, ...

Dreaming in Joppa: Acts 11:1-18; Psalm 148. by Jon Walton in the April 17, 2007 issue. ... What do we mean when we say something is “in the Bible”? A new database of more than 900 biblical ...

Joppa — which is pronounced and was originally spelled Joppee — was one of more than 30 freedman’s communities formed in North Texas in the decade following the abolition of slavery.