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The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.
A History of the Holy Land. God calls Abraham to the land of Canaan ( Gen. 12:1–3 ). God cuts an unconditional covenant with Abraham and tells him the boundaries of the land He has given to him and his seed forever ( Gen. 15 ). God confirms the Abrahamic Covenant with Isaac ( Gen. 26:1–5 ).
Historical timeline « See The Holy Land. Pre-Biblical and early Biblical times. BC. c. 7000: Jericho is a walled settlement. c. 5000-4000: Land of Canaan is occupied by Canaanites, then Amorites and Jebusites. c. 2000: Founding patriarch Abraham and his tribe settle in what becomes Judea.
Mar 23, 2023 · The Oxford History of the Holy Land covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship.
Feb 7, 2019 · The Holy Land. The region generally encompassing territory from the River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and from the Euphrates River in the north to the Gulf of Aqaba in the south, was considered the Holy Land by medieval Europeans.
The book argues that the biblical accounts of early Israelite history reveal more about the time they were written—the seventh century b.c.—than the events they describe, which would have ...
Apr 2, 2021 · National Geographic has long been interested in the Holy Land, from its first magazine spread in 1909 to the archaeological discoveries to the sociopolitical changes since then. How does a...
Sacred to Jews, Christians, and Moslems, the Holy Land has endured over the ages as a focal point of religious aspirations and ideals. For the Christian, the Holy Land is birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth and the site of his ministry; for the Moslem, Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock marks the spot from which the Prophet Mohammed is said to have ...
Investigate recent archaeological finds that shed new light on the second major Jewish uprising. Travel to the Holy Land and go beyond the Bible with in-depth history lessons taught by a great archeologist.
And in that period the nearest we come to the expression ‘Holy Land’ refers initially to an area outside the land of Israel altogether, namely God’s ‘holy abode’ on Mount Sinai in Exodus 15:13, echoing the ‘holy ground’ where Moses encountered God in the burning bush at Exodus 3:5.
