Conder & Kitchener (1881), p. 270; cf. references to same place in the Tosefta (Mo'ed Ḳaṭan 2:16) and Babylonian Talmud (Baba Kama 80a; Eruvin 45a). Others, dissenting, think that Beri is to be recognised in the name Biriyya, ca. 2 km. north of Safed (q.v. Ishtori Haparchi, Kaftor wa-Ferach, vol. 2 chapter 11, p. 53 [note 14], Jerusalem 2007).
Josephus, The Jewish War (2.18.9). As pointed out by Simchoni, Jacob N. (1968). The History of the War of the Jews with the Romans (in Hebrew). Ramat-Gan: Masada. p. 565., the translators of The Jewish War in 2.18.9 and in 3.3.1. have, in both cases, transcribed the Greek word Cabul (Gr. Χαβουλών), used there for this city in the original text, as Zabulon.
