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Mount Gerizim is sacred to the Samaritans, who regard it, rather than Jerusalem's Temple Mount, as the location chosen by God for a holy temple. In Samaritan tradition , it is the oldest and most central mountain in the world, towering above the Great Flood and providing the first land for Noah ’s disembarkation. [ 7 ]
The Mount Gerizim Temple was an ancient Samaritan center of worship located on Mount Gerizim originally constructed in the mid-5th century BCE, reconstructed in the early 2nd century BCE, and destroyed later in that same century. [1]
Articles relating to Mount Gerizim and its depictions. It is one of two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian city of Nablus and the biblical city of Shechem . For the Samaritan people, most of whom live around it, Mount Gerizim is considered the holiest place on Earth.
Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, the new city lay 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) west of the Biblical city of Shechem which was destroyed by the Romans that same year during the First Jewish–Roman War. [9] [10] Holy places at the site of the city's founding include Joseph's Tomb and Jacob's Well.
Kiryat Luza (Arabic: قرية لوزة, Hebrew: קרית לוזה) is a village situated on Mount Gerizim near the city of Nablus in the West Bank.It is within Area B of the West Bank, and as a result is under the joint control of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, [1] and is the only remaining site populated wholly by Samaritans.
According to Samaritan scripture and tradition, Mount Gerizim, located near the Biblical city of Shechem (on the southern side of modern-day Nablus, West Bank), has been venerated as the holiest place for the Israelites since the conquest of Canaan by Joshua, long before the Temple in Jerusalem was established under Davidic and Solomonic rule ...
Map of Jerusalem in 1925, showing the location of Mount Moriah according to Jewish sources The area around Mount Gerizim is identified by the Samaritans as the "land of Moriah", or "Moreh". Moriah / m ɒ ˈ r aɪ ə / ( Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה , Mōrīyya ; Arabic : ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah ) is the name given to a mountain in the Book of ...
The Samaritan Passover is celebrated every spring with a pilgrimage to and sheep sacrifice atop Mount Gerizim, [1] [2] the holiest site in the Samaritan religion. This ritual is a direct observance of the commandments found in Exodus 12 , and it involves the slaughtering of sheep, dabbing the animals' blood on the participants' foreheads, and ...