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Read: The Land of Israel. 2. It Is Called the Holy Land. In Hebrew the Land of Israel is Eretz Yisrael. It is also referred to as Eretz Hakodesh, “the Holy Land,” or Artzeinu Hakedoshah, “our Holy Land.”. This is because the very space is sacred, designated so by G‑d.
Feb 7, 2019 · By. Melissa Snell. Updated on February 07, 2019. 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.
A History of the Holy Land. From the Promise to the Captivity 2126 B.C. God calls Abraham to the land of Canaan (Gen. 12:1–3). 1913 B.C. 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). 1800 B.C. God confirms the Abrahamic Covenant with Isaac (Gen. 26: ...
Holy places: the land of Israel and Jerusalem. The land of Israel, as is evident from the biblical narratives, played a significant role in the life and thought of the Israelites. It was the promised home, for the sake of which Abraham left his birthplace; the haven toward which those escaping from Egyptian servitude moved; and the hope of the ...
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What is this anomaly of the Jewish people and its land, this eternal bond that almost two thousand years of exile have failed to sever? Discover—and uncover—where Israel is in the heart of a Jew, and where the Jewishness is within the heart of Israel.
The Holy Land Latin: Terra Sancta, Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;) or Holy Lands (plural) is a generic term that usually refers to one or more countries in the Middle East region of the world that witnessed the origins and early history of three of the world's great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam .
The Holy Land is an area in the Levant that is holy to Abrahamic religions ( Christianity, Islam and Judaism ). The name roughly refers to the region of Palestine. Jews say God gave the Holy Land to them. This is where Jesus lived. James, along with the others named "brothers" of Jesus, are said to have been Jesus' cousins.
