Carem

Near the bridge of Kaloneh, where there are good specimens of ancient rabbeted stones, one gets a glimpse of 'Ain Carem through the olive plantation; and the return that day was by a cross way from _Dair Yaseen_ through vineyards to Jerusalem.

Byeways in Palestine James Finn

In favour of this identification is alleged, besides the substantial identity of the name, the fact that around 'Ain Karim are found other villages whose modern names correspond with considerable accuracy to the names mentioned with Carem in the Greek text of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

This writer calls the birthplace of the Precursor "Carmelion", a name evidently derived from Carem, and locates it about six miles west of the Holy City, and about eighteen miles from Amoas (Emmaus).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

By some scholars Carem has been identified with the Bethacarem or

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

'Ain Karim (Fountain of Karim), from the ancient Carem, which has been replaced by the modern town.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Five hundred yards south of the church is the fountain of Carem ( 'Aim Karim), which is sometimes designated by the Christians as the Fountain of the Virgin.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Bethacharam mentioned in Jeremias vi, 1, and II Esdras, iii, 14; but be that as it may, there is a general consensus of critical opinion to the effect that the ancient Carem occupied the site of the modern

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

"Dict. de la Bible", s.v. Carem; and Meistermann, "La partrie de S. Jean Baptiste").

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

Juda "with Carem, the modern Ain-Karim (see Carem; Heidet in Vig.,

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913