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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 ]
Mount Gerizim and the Samaritans: Nablus, Nablus Governorate, West Bank: 5706; iii, vi (cultural) 2 April 2012 Believers of Samaritanism identify Gerizim's main summit as where the Binding of Isaac occurred, and its temple as the correct holy site in lieu of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
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.
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]
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 ...
Mount Gerizim, the religious epicenter of Samaritanism, site of an ancient Samaritan temple, and Samaritan and Byzantine ruins; Mount Ebal site, Iron Age remains on Mount Ebal, seen by many scholars as an early Israelite cultic site; Tell Balata, identified as biblical Shechem; Khirbet Seilun/Tel Shiloh, identified with Shiloh (biblical city)
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.
In contrast, the West Bank is dominated by low mountains: Mount Gerizim (881m), Nabi Samwil (890m), and Mount Scopus (826m). The rocks are principally composed of marine sediments (limestone and dolomite). The porosity of these rocks permits water to filter down to the non-porous strata, which supply water to the numerous aquifers in the region.