Explore the significance of Canaan as the "Promised Land" in biblical narratives, central to the stories of the Israelites and other ancient peoples. Understand the historical context and connections between the
Mount Sinai is not always a part of Israel excursions itinerary but it’s still worth visiting. Next place on our list is Mount Sinai. This is the mountain where Moses had been given the ten commandments by God. 22 Historians are not sure where the biblical Mount Sinai is located. Most ...
Jordan is a young state that occupies an ancient land, one that bears the traces of many civilizations. Separated from ancientPalestineby theJordan River, the region played a prominent role in biblical history. The ancient biblical kingdoms ofMoab,Gilead, andEdomlie within its borders as does th...
‘Judea and Samaria’ is a reference to the biblical regions of Judaea and Samaria. It is used by the Israeli government to refer to the West Bank.
击败巴珊王噩 - “后来我们回转过来,沿着到巴珊的路上去;巴珊王噩和他的众民,都出来迎着我们,在以得来与我们作战。 耶和华对我说:‘你不要怕他,因为我已经把他和他的众民,以及他的土地,都交在你的手里;你要待他,像从前你待希实本的亚摩...
Unfamiliar with the Jewish tradition of Biblical... Mk 5.20 5.20 the Decapolis. See note on v. 1. Although some Jewish people lived there, the region was... Mk 5.22 5.22 leaders of the synagogue. The Greek term could refer ...
Places of Interest NearbyHighlights include Mount Tabor and Basilica of the Transfiguration. Mount Tabor Peak Photo: Eliot, CC BY 2.0. Mount Tabor, sometimes spelled Mount Thabor, is a large hill of biblical significance in Lower Galilee, northern Israel, at the eastern end of the Jezreel ...
Nabi Shuʿayb, known in English as Jethro's tomb, is a religious shrine west of Tiberias, in the Lower Galilee region of Israel, containing the purported tomb of prophet Shuayb, identified with the biblical Jethro, Moses' father-in-law....
Head Of State: President:Isaac Herzog The State of Israel is the onlyJewishnation in the modern period, and the region that now falls within its borders has a lengthy and rich history that dates from prebiblical times. The area was a part of the Roman Empire and, later, theByzantine Empi...
Sea of Galilee, lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. It is famous for its biblical associations; its Old Testament name was Sea of Chinnereth, and later it was called the Lake of Gennesaret. From 1948 to 1967 it was bordered immediately t