Tappan, Benjamin, D.D,, a Congregational min- ister, the son of the liev, Daviil Tappan, |irofessor of divinity in Harvard College, and grandson of IJenjamin Tappan, pastor in Manchester, Mass., was born at West Newbury, Mass., Nov. 7, 1788. He graduated at Har- vard College in 1805, spent some time teaching at Wo- burn and Salem, and in 1809 became tutor at Bowdoin College, Me., which position he held for two years. lu 1811 he was ordained over the Church in Augusta, Me., and continued pastor until he assumed the secretaryship of the Maine jNIissionary Society in 1849. His death took place Dec. 22, 1863. His ministry was eminently useful, and few men occupy a more prominent place in the history of Congregationalism in IMaine. He was vice-president of the board of Bowdoin College until his death, secretary of the Maine IMissionary Society from 1849 to 1863, and trustee of Bangor Theological Semi- nary from 1825, of which he was a most liberal and steadfast friend, and a professorship in which he de- clined in 1829. Dr. Tappan was an immense worker, was noted for his hospitality and generosity, and his Christian character was one of beauty and strength. He was an effective preacher, and had a remarkable gift in prayer. Dr. Tappan was one of the pioneers in the temperance reform, preaching a sermon on the sub- ject in 1813. Waterville College (now Colby Univer- sity) conferred upon him the degree of D.D. in 1836, and Bowdoin in 1845. See Cong. Qtiarter/g (art. by his son Benjamin), 1865, p. 131-159.
Tappan, David, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born at IManchester, Mass., in 1753, graduated at Harvard College in 1771, and was ordained in April, 1774, pastor at Newbury, Mass., where he remained un- til inaugurated professor of divinity at Harvard College, Dec. 26, 1792, which position he retained until his death, Aug. 27, 1803. He published. Two Fiitndly Letters to Philalethes (1785) : — An Address to the students of An- dover Academy (1791): — An Address to Andover iStu- dents (^179-1) : — and a large number of occasional Ser- mons. After his death were published Lectures on Jeio- ish Antiquities (1807): — Sei-mons on Important Subjects (1807). See Sprague, A nnals of the A mer. I'ulpit, ii, 97.
Tappan, William Bingham, an American di- vine, was born at Beverly, iNIass., in 1794, entered the service of the American Sunday-school Union in 1826, and continued this connection until his death, at West Needham, Mass., in 1849. He published, among other poetical works, Poetry of the Heart (Worcester, 1845,
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Tap'puah [some Tappu'ah~\ (Ileb. Tappu'ach, H^isn [ill 1 Chron. ii, 43, nSP J, an apple, as often; Sept. TcKpov, Ta(povT, Ba^eS, 'k)aip(pov, etc., and twice [Josh. XV, 34; xvii, 8] omits; Vuly;. Taphua), the name of a man and also of two places in Palestine. See Apple.
1. Second named of the four sons of Hebron of the lineage of Caleb (1 Chron. ii, 43) ; not to be confounded with either of the following (see Keil, ad he). B.C. ante 1618.
2. A town in the lowland district of Judah, men- tioned between En-gannim and Enam (Josh, xv, 34), in the group situated in the N.W. corner ( see Keil, ad loc. ) ; differs from the Beth - tappuah ( q. v. ) of ver. 53, but probably the same with the royal city of the Canaanites (Josh, xii, 17), conquered by the Israel- ites (see Keil. ad loc). It is perhaps the present Beit- 'Atcib, an important place on a consi)icuous hill, about half-way from Jerusalem to Beit-Jebrin. It contains about GOO or 700 inhabitants, is built of stone, and has a ruined tower or castle (Kobinson, Bibl. Res. ii, 13). This is apparently the place meant by Schwarz {Palest. p. 102) bv "the village Beth-Tapa, live English miles N.W. [ten N.E.] of Beit-Jibrin."
3. A town in the tribe of Ephraim, near the border of Manasseh. in which latter the adjacent territory ("land of Tappuah") lay (Josh, xvi, 8; xvii, 8); prob- ably containing a tine spring, and hence called (ver. 7) En-tappuah (([. v.). It is no doubt, as suggested by Van de Yelde {Memoir, p. 351), although this is dis- puted by Keil (Comment, ad loc), the same as the pres- ent 'Ati'if a deserted village about four hours N.E. by E. of Nablils, with traces of antiquity and ancient wells of excellent water. Schwarz also states that "at the present day the Arabs call the country between Nablus and the Jordan Balad-tapuach, as probably the town of this name was formerly in it" {Palest, p. 89). See Tribk.
Ta'rah (Heb. Te'rach, n^O [in pause Tdrach, HjU], wandering or delay ; Sept. Tapci^ v. r. Qapa^ ; Vulg. Thare), a station of the Israelites in the desert, situated between Tahath and Mithcah (Numb, xxxiii, 27); perhaps in the great Wady el-Jerafeh, opposite Mount Hor. See Exode.
Tar'alah [some Tara'lahl (Heb. Taralah', nbx'in, reeliiir/; Sept. 9apa\a v.r. Qapei]\d; Vidg. Thartl(i),a town in the western section of the tribe of Benjamin, mentioned between Irpeel and Zelah (Josh, xviii, 27). Schwarz suggests {Palest, p. 128) that it "is perha[is the village Thaniel=Thariel, in the neighborhood of Lod," probably meaning Nehy Daniyal, two miles south ofLud; but the name has little resemblance, and the territory of Benjamin did not reach sf) far west. It is possibly represented by the modern village Beit-Tirza, in Wady Ahmed, just north of Beit-Jala, with a well adjacent and several ruined sites in the vicinity.