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Shechem (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ k ə m / SHEK-əm; Hebrew: שְׁכֶם, romanized: Šəḵem, Biblical pronunciation:; Samaritan Hebrew: ࠔࠬࠥࠊࠝࠌ, romanized: Šăkēm), also spelled Sichem (/ ˈ s ɪ k ə m / SIK-əm; Ancient Greek: Συχέμ, romanized: Sykhém) [1] and other variants, was an ancient city in the southern Levant.
Letter of Lab'ayu of Shechem (EA 254) 486 [The Amarna Letters] EA, No. 254: 3.129: Inheritance of a Brother and Sister: 545–546 (§ 14) Litigation Concerning Inheritance: Dispute between a man and his Ba: 3.146: The Dispute Between a Man and His Ba: 405–407: A Dispute Over Suicide: Anzû: 3.147: The Akkadian Anzu Story: 514–517: The Myth ...
Tell Balata (Arabic: تل بلاطة) is an archaeological site in the West Bank near Nablus, Palestine, that includes the remains of an ancient Canaanite and Israelite [1] city, identified since 1913 with the Biblical city of Shechem. [2]
Another possible meaning is mountain cut in two. [ 33 ] According to the narrative about Jotham in the Book of Judges , Shechem was a site where there was a sanctuary of El-Berith , also known as Baal Berith , meaning "God of the covenant" and "Lord of the covenant", respectively; [ 38 ] scholars have suggested that the Joshua story about the ...
The Bible does not identify a specific site in Shechem where his bones were laid to rest. [31] The Genesis Rabba, a Jewish text written c. 400–450 CE, states that a burial site in Shechem is one of three for which the nations of the world cannot ridicule Israel and say "you have stolen them," it having been purchased by Jacob. [32]
The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament sold on Wednesday for $5.04 million, more than double its high estimate.. The stone, which dates back around ...
Judges is the only Biblical book that mentions Baʿal Berith and El Berith. [1] [2] [3] It is not clear whether they are actually one god, nor whether they are separate forms of Baʿal and El. Scholars suppose that he or they may have been worshipped for connections to fertility and vegetation, based on Judges 9:27.
Mount Ebal (Hebrew: הַר עֵיבָל, romanized: Har ʿĒḇāl; Arabic: جَبَل عَيْبال, romanized: Jabal ʿAybāl) is one of the two mountains near the city of Nablus in the West Bank (biblical Shechem), and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by Mount Gerizim. [1]