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  2. Mount of Temptation - Wikipedia

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    Mount of Temptation, in Palestinian Arabic Jebel Quruntul (Arabic: جبل لقرنطل), is a mountain over the city of Jericho in the West Bank, in the State of Palestine; ancient Christian tradition identifies it as the location of the temptation of Jesus described in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in which it is said that, from "a high place", the Devil offered Jesus ...

  3. Monastery of the Temptation - Wikipedia

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    It was built on the slopes of the Mount of Temptation 350 meters above sea level, situated along a cliff overlooking the city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley. Its most ancient structures date back to the 6th century, having been built above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and ...

  4. Temple Mount - Wikipedia

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    The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, romanized: Har haBayīt, lit. 'Temple Mount'), also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, [2] [3] is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years, including in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

  5. Temptation of Christ - Wikipedia

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    The temptation of bread out of stones occurs in the same desert setting where Jesus had been fasting, with a spot on Mount Quarantania traditionally being considered the exact location. The desert was seen as outside the bounds of society and as the home of demons such as Azazel (Leviticus 16:10).

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  7. 'Ushsh el-Ghurab - Wikipedia

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    'Ushsh el-Ghurab is a hill located just north of Jericho in the West Bank.Its peak is −87.7 meters (−288 ft) relative to sea level, although it still rises appreciably above the still lower Plain of Jericho around it.

  8. Talk:Mount of Temptation - Wikipedia

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    ""There was also a Latin presence in the former Byzantine lavra of Douka, on the Mount of Temptation (Jabal al-Quruntul), where a priory of the Holy Sepulchre was established in 1133–34. The tithes of Jericho were given to the priory two years later; and in 1143, the lordship, valued at 5,000 aurei per year, was granted by Queen Melisende to ...

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