Mount of Olives

The Mount of Olives is first mentioned in connection with David's flight from Jerusalem through the rebellion of Absalom (2 Samuel 15:30), and is only once again mentioned in the Old Testament, in Zechariah 14:4. It is, however, frequently alluded to (I Kings 11:7; II Kings 23:13; Nehemiah 8:15; Ezekiel 11:23). It is frequently mentioned in the New Testament (Matthew 21:1;26:30, etc.). The road from Jerusalem to Bethany runs over the mount as it did in Biblical times. According to the Bible, it was on t ...

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Mount of Olives, Mount of Olives - Biblical references, Mount of Olives - Mount of Olives religious sites

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Cedrus libani, commonly known as the Lebanon Cedar or Cedar of Lebanon, is a coniferous tree native to the mountains of the Mediterranean region, in Lebanon, western Syria and south central Turkey; varieties of it (some treated as separate species by some authors) occur in southwest Turkey, Cyprus, and the Atlas Mountains in Algeria and Morocco in northwest Africa: Cedrus libani var. libani (Lebanon Cedar): Lebanon, western Syria and south central Turkey Cedrus libani< ...

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Uzziah of Judah (עוזיהו) (also known as Azariah), was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons, whom the people appointed to replace his father (2 Kings 14:21; 2 Chronicles 26:1). William F. Albright has dated his reign to 783 BC-742 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 767 BC-740 BC. Uzziah of Judah - Biblical tradition. His long reign of about fifty-two years was "the most prosperous excepting that of Jehoshaphat since the time of Solomon." He was a vigor ...

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Aliyah (Hebrew: עלייה; "ascent") is a term widely used to mean Jewish immigration to the Land of Israel (and since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel). The opposite action, Jewish emigration away from Israel, is called Yerida ("descent"). Land of Israel Districts · Cities · Transportation Dead Sea · Red Sea · Sea of Galilee Mediterranean · Negev · Judea · Samaria Jerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa Zio ...

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• Aliyah - Argentine aliyah
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The Armenian Quarter is one of the four quarters of the Old City of Jerusalem. It might appear that the Armenian quarter would be a part of the Christian Quarter, since virtually all Armenians residing in Jerusalem are Christians, yet for historical reasons the Armenian quarter has remained separate and has not suffered the same disruptions as the other quarters over the last thousand years. Although the smallest of the four quarters, with the fewest residents, the Armenians and their patriarchate remain staunchly independent and pres ...

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• Armenian Quarter - The Armenian people and their establishment in Jerusalem: 95 BC–640 AD
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• Armenian Quarter - The Crusader Periods 1099–1187 1229–1244
• Armenian Quarter - 1260–1517—The Mamluk period
• Armenian Quarter - The Ottoman Period 1517–1917
• Armenian Quarter - Struggles over the Holy sites
• Armenian Quarter - The British Mandate Period—1917–1948
• Armenian Quarter - The 1948 War and Jordanian Rule 1948–1967
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The tomb known today as Yad Avshalom (Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. Archaeologists have dated the tomb to the first century CE. The moument is popular, as Jesus would have seen it. It is believed to be the tomb of Absalom. A Muslim tradition connects it to the Pharaohs - hence the Arabic name "Pharaoh's Hat". The Jewish tradition connects it to Absalom son of King David. According to Samuel 2:18, "Absalom in ...

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Boris Schatz (1867-1932) was a Jewish artist and sculptor who founded the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. Schatz was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. His father, a teacher in a cheder, or religious school, sent him to study in a yeshiva in Vilnius, but Schatz left the yeshiva a short time later and cut all ties with his family so that he could study painting and sculpting in Vilnius and Warsaw. In 1889 he mopved to Paris so that he could study with some of ...

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Jerusalem (31°46′N 35°14′E; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ▶ (help·info); Yerushalayim; Arabic: القُدس ▶ (help·info) al-Quds; (alternative Arabic found in Bible translations: أُورْشَلِيم Urshalim); see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city. It is the holiest city of Judaism and is of key importance to Christianity and Islam. T ...

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The chronology of Jesus depicts the traditional chronology established for the events of the life of Jesus by the four canonical gospels (which allude to various dates for several events). Among historians who are Christian Biblical scholars, the literature suggests the following detailed timeline for Jesus. The timeline records Jesus as Christ and Messiah from biblical and historical accounts of his life. Chronology of Jesus - Introduction. The chronology of Jesus is heavily contested and some state that i ...

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The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony or the Basilica of the Agony, is located on Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane. It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before the night of his arrest. The chapel was built from 1919 to 1924 using funds from many different countries (hence the title). The symbols of each country are incorporated into the glass of the ceiling, each in a separate, small dome. The front of the church is a facade s ...

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In Judaism, the Messiah (מָשִׁיחַ "anointed one", Standard Hebrew Mašíaḥ, Tiberian Hebrew Māšîªḥ Arabic المسيح;) initially meant any person who was anointed by God. In English today, it is used in two major contexts: the anticipated saviour of the Jews, and one who is anticipated as, regarded as, ...

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Gethsemane (also spelled Gethsemani) was the garden where, according to the Bible and Christian traditions, Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified. It is located in the city of Jerusalem by the foot of the Mount of Olives. Located by the garden is the Church of All Nations, also known as the Church of the Agony. The Garden of Gethsemane was a focal site for early Christian pilgrims. ...

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The axis mundi (world axis), in religion or mythology, is the center of the world and/or the connection between heaven and earth. It is common to virtually all cultures on Earth, although it plays a much more explicit role among indigenous peoples. It is thought that the idea of the Proto-Indo-European religion axis mundi, spread throughout Eurasia, in particular the concept of the world tree. It is familiar today as the caduceus, the symbol of medicine; the staff is the axis itself, and the serpents are the guardians or guides ...

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Jakobovits was born in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad), where his father Julius was a community rabbi. The family moved to Berlin in the 1920s, where his father became rabbinical judge on a local beth din, but fled the country in time to escape Nazi persecutions. In the United Kingdom he completed his higher education, including a period at the Yeshiva Etz Chaim in London, Jews College and London University. He married Amélie Munk of Paris, the daughter of a prominent rabbi, who would support his community ...

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(Jerusalem lost in 1187; seat of the Patriarch moved to Acre) (Vacant 1191-1194) Aymar the Monk (1194-1202) Soffred (1202-1204) Albert Avogadro (1204-1214) Raoul of Merencourt (1214-1225) Gerald of Lausanne (1225-1238) (Vacant 1238-1240; Jacques de Vitry appointed but never served) Robert of Nantes (1240-1254) Jacques Pantaléon (1255-1261), future Pope Urban IV of Rome William II of Agen (1261-1270) Thomas Agni of Cosenza (1271-1277) ...

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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem - Crusader patriarchate, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem - Modern patriarchate, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem - List of Latin Patriarchs of Jerusalem

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Menachem Begin - Forcing the British out of Palestine. Begin quickly made a name for himself as a fierce critic of mainstream Zionist groups as being too co-operative with the "colonial" British, and as a proponent of military action against the British as necessary to achieve independence. In 1942, while the British were fighting Nazi Germany, he joined the Irgun (Etzel) and in 1947 assumed its leadership. He was determined to force the British government to remove its troops entirely from Palestine. He c ...

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Province of New Brunswick: Fernhill Cemetery, Saint John - final resting place of several early Canadian statesmen including Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley. Province of Quebec: Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont, Sainte-Foy - interred here are politicians Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Jean Lesage and others. Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal – some of the notables buried here include Maurice Richard, George-Étienne Cartier, Doug Harv ...

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In 36 BC the Tenth legion fought under Octavian against Sextus Pompeius in the battle of Naulochus, where it earned its cognomen Fretensis. The name refers to the fact that the battle took place near sea straits of Messina (Fretum Siculum). In 31 BC it fought in the Battle of Actium. Although Actium was a battle at sea, the legion was able to board enemy ships that had been hooked close by means of an iron grapnel. Its key participation in this battle is probably the reason that the legion also used a trireme as one of its symbols. Actium marked the end of the civil war and the rise to power of Octavian, ...

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Legio X Fretensis, Legio X Fretensis - History, Legio X Fretensis - First Jewish War, Legio X Fretensis - Archeology

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His long reign of about fifty-two years was "the most prosperous excepting that of Jehoshaphat since the time of Solomon." He was a vigorous and able ruler, and "his name spread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt" (2 Chr. 26:8, 14). In the earlier part of his reign, under the influence of Zechariah, he was faithful to Jehovah, and "did that which was right in the sight of the Lord" (2 Kings 15:3; 2 Chr. 26:4, 5); but toward the close of his long life "his heart was lifted up to his destruction," and he wantonly invaded the priest's off ...

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Uzziah of Judah, Uzziah of Judah - Biblical tradition, Uzziah of Judah - Uzziah Tablet

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Else Schüler was born on February 11, 1869 in Elberfeld (now a district of Wuppertal. Her mother, Jeannette Schüler (born Kissing) became a central figure in her poetry. Her father Aaron Schüler, a Jewish banker, later became the inspiration for the protagonist in her drama Die Wupper. In 1894, She married the physician Dr Jonathan Berthold Lasker (the older brother of Emanuel Lasker, for many years World Chess Champion) and moved with him to Berlin in the same year. There she worked on training as an artist. On August 24, 1 ...

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Else Lasker-Schüler, Else Lasker-Schüler - Biography, Else Lasker-Schüler - After death, Else Lasker-Schüler - Works

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