Rabba

Rabba (Arabic: الربة) is a town in Jordan in the Karak Governorate. As ancient Areopolis, it is a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.

For the Talmudic amora of the same name, see Rabbah bar Nahmani. For the midrashim, see Midrash Rabba. For the ordination conferred within Open Orthodoxy, see Maharat.

Rabba lies about 15 kilometers north of the city of Al-Karak. It had a population of about 7200 in 2015.

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