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151 relations: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Abrahamic religions, Abu Hurayra, Acre Prison, Acre, Israel, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Allah, Arabic, Archaeology of Israel, Arculf, Ariel University, Arish, Babylon, Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí pilgrimage, Baháʼí World Centre, Baháʼu'lláh, Belief, Bible, Binding of Isaac, Buraq, Byzantine Empire, Caliphate, Christian pilgrimage, Christianity, Christianity in Europe, Christians, Covenant (biblical), Crimean War, Crucifixion, Crusader states, Crusades, Cubit, Damascus, Deuterocanonical books, Dome of the Rock, Eastern question, Eliezer Schweid, Euphrates, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Faith, Four Holy Cities, Gabriel, Gaul, God in Judaism, Gospel, Hadith, Haifa, Hebrew Bible, ... Expand index (101 more) »
- Abrahamic religions
- Christian holy places
- Crusade places
- Historical geography of Israel
- Historical regions in Israel
- Islamic holy places
- Jewish holy places
- Religion and geography
- Religious places
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (عبداللہ یوسف علی‎; 14 April 1872 – 10 December 1953) was an Indian-British barrister who wrote a number of books about Islam, including an exegesis of the Qur'an.
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Abrahamic religions
The Abrahamic religions are a grouping of three of the major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) together due to their historical coexistence and competition; it refers to Abraham, a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Quran, and is used to show similarities between these religions and put them in contrast to Indian religions, Iranian religions, and the East Asian religions (though other religions and belief systems may refer to Abraham as well).
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Abu Hurayra
Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; –679), commonly known as Abū Hurayra (أبُو هُرَيْرَة), was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the most prolific hadith narrator in Sunni Islam.
Acre Prison
Acre Prison, also known as Akko Prison, is a former prison and current museum in Acre, Israel.
Acre, Israel
Acre, known locally as Akko (עַכּוֹ) and Akka (عكّا), is a city in the coastal plain region of the Northern District of Israel.
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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer.
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Al-Aqsa Mosque
The Aqsa Mosque (congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel (المصلى القبلي), and also is the main congregational mosque or prayer hall in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. Holy Land and al-Aqsa Mosque are Islamic holy places.
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Allah
Allah (ﷲ|translit.
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Archaeology of Israel
The archaeology of Israel is the study of the archaeology of the present-day Israel, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history.
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Arculf
Arculf was a Frankish churchman who toured the Holy Land around 670.
Ariel University
Ariel University (אוניברסיטת אריאל), previously a public college known as the Ariel University Center of Samaria, is an Israeli university located in the urban Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank.
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Arish
ʻArish or el-ʻArīsh (العريش) is the capital and largest city (with 164,830 inhabitants) of the North Sinai Governorate of Egypt, as well as the largest city on the Sinai Peninsula, lying on the Mediterranean coast northeast of Cairo and west of the Egypt–Gaza border.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people. Holy Land and Baháʼí Faith are Abrahamic religions.
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Baháʼí pilgrimage
A Baháʼí pilgrimage currently consists of visiting the holy places in Acre and Haifa at the Baháʼí World Centre in Northwest Israel.
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Baháʼí World Centre
The Baháʼí World Centre is the name given to the spiritual and administrative centre of the Baháʼí Faith, representing sites in or near the cities of Acre and Haifa, Israel.
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Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu'lláh (born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith.
Belief
A belief is a subjective attitude that a proposition is true or a state of affairs is the case.
Bible
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία,, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures, some, all, or a variant of which are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and other Abrahamic religions.
Binding of Isaac
The Binding of Isaac (עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק|ʿAqēḏaṯ Yīṣḥaqlabel.
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Buraq
The Buraq (الْبُرَاق "lightning") is a supernatural winged horse-like creature in Islamic tradition that served as the mount of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his Isra and Mi'raj journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and up through the heavens and back by night.
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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Caliphate
A caliphate or khilāfah (خِلَافَةْ) is a monarchical form of government (initially elective, later absolute) that originated in the 7th century Arabia, whose political identity is based on a claim of succession to the Islamic State of Muhammad and the identification of a monarch called caliph (خَلِيفَةْ) as his heir and successor.
Christian pilgrimage
Christianity has a strong tradition of pilgrimages, both to sites relevant to the New Testament narrative (especially in the Holy Land) and to sites associated with later saints or miracles.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Holy Land and Christianity are Abrahamic religions.
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Christianity in Europe
Christianity is the predominant religion in Europe.
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Christians
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Covenant (biblical)
The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants (בְּרִיתוֹת) with God (YHWH).
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Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont.
Crucifixion
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death.
Crusader states
The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities that existed in the Levant from 1098 to 1291.
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Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
Cubit
The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
Damascus
Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam.
Deuterocanonical books
The deuterocanonical books, meaning "Of, pertaining to, or constituting a second canon," collectively known as the Deuterocanon (DC), are certain books and passages considered to be canonical books of the Old Testament by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assyrian Church of the East, but which modern Jews and many Protestants regard as Apocrypha.
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Dome of the Rock
The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Eastern question
In diplomatic history, the Eastern question was the issue of the political and economic instability in the Ottoman Empire from the late 18th to early 20th centuries and the subsequent strategic competition and political considerations of the European great powers in light of this.
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Eliezer Schweid
Eliezer Schweid (7 September 1929 – 18 January 2022) was an Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Euphrates
The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás (عباس), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh and served as head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921.
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Faith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept.
Four Holy Cities
The Four Holy Cities of Judaism are the cities of Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed and Tiberias, which were the four main centers of Jewish life after the Ottoman conquest of Palestine.
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Gabriel
In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind.
Gaul
Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.
God in Judaism
In Judaism, God has been conceived in a variety of ways.
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Gospel
Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported.
Hadith
Hadith (translit) or Athar (أثر) is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.
Haifa
Haifa (Ḥēyfā,; Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in.
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Hebrew), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (Hebrew), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.
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Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
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Hebron
Hebron (الخليل, or خَلِيل الرَّحْمَن; חֶבְרוֹן) is a Palestinian. Holy Land and Hebron are Jewish holy places.
Hejaz
The Hejaz (also; lit) is a region that includes the majority of the west coast of Saudi Arabia, covering the cities of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, Taif and Baljurashi.
Hijrah
The Hijrah (hijra, originally 'a severing of ties of kinship or association'), also Hegira (from Medieval Latin), was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina.
History of Islam
The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization.
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History of Palestine
Situated between three continents, Palestine has a tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics.
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History of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel
The history of the Jews and Judaism in the Land of Israel begins in the 2nd millennium BCE, when Israelites emerged as an outgrowth of southern Canaanites.
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Holiest sites in Islam
The holiest sites in Islam are located in the Arabian Peninsula. Holy Land and holiest sites in Islam are Islamic holy places.
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Ibn Abbas
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās (عَبْد ٱللَّٰه ٱبْن عَبَّاس; c. 619 – 687 CE), also known as Ibn ʿAbbās, was one of the cousins of the prophet Muhammad.
Incarnation (Christianity)
In Christian theology, the doctrine of incarnation teaches that the pre-existent divine person of Jesus Christ, God the Son, the second person of the Trinity, and the eternally begotten Logos (Koine Greek for "word"), took upon human nature and "was made flesh" by being conceived in the womb of a woman, the Virgin Mary, also known as the Theotokos (Greek for "God-bearer" or "Mother of God").
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder. Holy Land and Islam are Abrahamic religions.
Isra' and Mi'raj
The Israʾ and Miʿraj (الإسراء والمعراج) are the two parts of a Night Journey that Muslims believe the Islamic prophet Muhammad (AD 570–632) took during a single night around the year AD 621 (1 BH – 0 BH).
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Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.
Israelites
The Israelites were a group of Semitic-speaking tribes in the ancient Near East who, during the Iron Age, inhabited a part of Canaan. Holy Land and Israelites are land of Israel.
Jericho
Jericho (Arīḥā,; Yərīḥō) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine; it is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate of Palestine.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. Holy Land and Jerusalem are Christian holy places, Islamic holy places, Jewish holy places and land of Israel.
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader.
Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora (təfūṣā) or exile (Hebrew: גָּלוּת; Yiddish) is the dispersion of Israelites or Jews out of their ancient ancestral homeland (the Land of Israel) and their subsequent settlement in other parts of the globe.
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Jewish holidays
Jewish holidays, also known as Jewish festivals or Yamim Tovim (Good Days, or singular יום טוב, in transliterated Hebrew), are holidays observed by Jews throughout the Hebrew calendar.
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Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
Johanan HaSandlar
Johanan HaSandlar (lit. "Johanan the Shoemaker" or "Johanan the Sandalmaker", יוחנן הסנדלר; alternatively "Johanan the Alexandrian") was a rabbi who lived in the second century (fourth generation of tannaim).
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Jordan River
The Jordan River or River Jordan (نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (نهر الشريعة.), is a river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee and on to the salt water Dead Sea.
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Judah ben Bathyra
Judah ben Bathyra or simply Judah Bathyra (also Beseira, יהודה בן בתירא) was an eminent tanna.
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit. Holy Land and Judaism are Abrahamic religions.
K. A. C. Creswell
Sir Keppel Archibald Cameron Creswell (13 September 1879 – 8 April 1974) was an English architectural historian who wrote some of the seminal works on Islamic architecture in Egypt.
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Kaaba
The Kaaba, sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
KTAV Publishing House
KTAV Publishing House is a publishing house located in Brooklyn, New York.
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Land of Israel
The Land of Israel is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Holy Land and Land of Israel are Hebrew Bible places and Jewish holy places.
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Laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism
Laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism are those Jewish laws that apply only to the Land of Israel. Holy Land and laws and customs of the Land of Israel in Judaism are land of Israel.
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Lebanon
Lebanon (Lubnān), officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia.
Lehigh University
Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
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List of religious sites
This article provides an incomplete list and broad overview of significant religious sites and places of spiritual importance throughout the world. Holy Land and list of religious sites are religious places.
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Masjid al-Haram
Masjid al-Haram (ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَام|translit. Holy Land and Masjid al-Haram are Islamic holy places.
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Mecca
Mecca (officially Makkah al-Mukarramah, commonly shortened to Makkah) is the capital of Mecca Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia and the holiest city according to Islam. Holy Land and Mecca are Islamic holy places.
Medina
Medina, officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah, is the capital of Medina Province in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia. Holy Land and Medina are Islamic holy places.
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. Holy Land and messiah are religious terminology.
Ministry of Jesus
The ministry of Jesus, in the canonical gospels, begins with his baptism near the River Jordan by John the Baptist, and ends in Jerusalem in Judea, following the Last Supper with his disciples.
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Mitzvah
In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word (מִצְוָה, mīṣvā, plural מִצְווֹת mīṣvōt; "commandment") refers to a commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (محسن مخملباف, Mohsen Makhmalbaaf; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer.
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Moriah
Moriah (Hebrew:, Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place.
Moses
Moses; Mōše; also known as Moshe or Moshe Rabbeinu (Mishnaic Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ); Mūše; Mūsā; Mōÿsēs was a Hebrew prophet, teacher and leader, according to Abrahamic tradition.
Moses in Islam
Mūsā ibn ʿImrān (موسى ابن عمران) is a prominent prophet and messenger of God and is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, with his name being mentioned 136 times and his life being narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet.
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Mount Carmel
Mount Carmel (Har haKarmel; Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias (lit), is a coastal mountain range in northern Israel stretching from the Mediterranean Sea towards the southeast.
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Mu'awiya I
Mu'awiya I (Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death.
Muadh ibn Jabal
Muʿādh ibn Jabal (مُعاذ بن جبل; 603 – 639) was a sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Muhammad
Muhammad (570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam.
Muslim conquest of the Levant
The Muslim conquest of the Levant (Fatḥ al-šām; lit. "Conquest of Syria"), or Arab conquest of Syria, was a 634–638 CE invasion of Byzantine Syria by the Rashidun Caliphate.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
Nativity of Jesus
The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Jesus or birth of Christ is documented in the biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.
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Palestine (region)
The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.
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Palestinian territories
The Palestinian territories, also known as the Occupied Palestinian Territory, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.
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Pietro Vesconte
Pietro Vesconte (fl. 1310–1330) was a Genoese cartographer and geographer.
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Pilgrim
A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place.
Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.
Promised Land
The Promised Land (הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ha'aretz hamuvtakhat; أرض الميعاد, translit.: ard al-mi'ad) is Middle Eastern land in the Levant that Abrahamic religions (which include Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others) claim God promised and subsequently gave to Abraham (the legendary patriarch in Abrahamic religions) and several more times to his descendants. Holy Land and promised Land are Hebrew Bible places and land of Israel.
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Prophets and messengers in Islam
Prophets in Islam (translit) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's message on Earth and serve as models of ideal human behaviour.
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Qibla
The qibla (lit) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah.
Quran
The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (Allah).
Rashidun Caliphate
The Rashidun Caliphate (al-Khilāfah ar-Rāšidah) was the first caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Religious significance of Jerusalem
The city of Jerusalem is sacred to many religious traditions, including the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam which consider it a holy city.
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Resurrection of Jesus
The resurrection of Jesus (anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.
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Rivers of Paradise
Rivers of Paradise, the four rivers of Paradise, or "the rivers of/flowing from Eden" are the four rivers described in Genesis 2:10–14, where an unnamed stream flowing out of the Garden of Eden splits into four branches: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (Tigris), and Phrath (Euphrates).
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Sacred space
A sacred space, sacred ground, sacred place, sacred temple, holy ground, holy place or holy site is a location which is deemed to be sacred or hallowed. Holy Land and sacred space are religious places.
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Sacredness
Sacred describes something that is dedicated or set apart for the service or worship of a deity; is considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion; or inspires awe or reverence among believers.
Safed
Safed (also known as Tzfat; צְפַת, Ṣəfaṯ; صفد, Ṣafad) is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Holy Land and Safed are Jewish holy places.
Second Temple
The Second Temple was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem, in use between and its destruction in 70 CE.
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Shabbat
Shabbat (or; Šabbāṯ) or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.
Shapell Manuscript Foundation
The Shapell Manuscript Foundation (SMF) is a non-profit independent educational organization dedicated to research and the collection of historical documents and original manuscripts.
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Shmita
The sabbath year (shmita; שמיטה, literally "release"), also called the sabbatical year or shǝvi'it (literally "seventh"), or "Sabbath of The Land", is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel and is observed in Judaism.
Shoghi Effendi
Shoghí Effendi (1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, appointed to the role of Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.
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Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh
The Mansion of Bahjí (قصر بهجي, Qasr Bahjī, mansion of delight) is a summer house in Acre, Israel where Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, died in 1892.
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Shrine of the Báb
The Shrine of the Báb is a structure on the slopes of Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel, where the remains of the Báb, founder of the Bábí Faith and forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh in the Baháʼí Faith, are buried; it is considered to be the second holiest place on Earth for Baháʼís, after the Shrine of Baháʼu'lláh in Acre.
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Sidon
Sidon or Saida (Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon.
Solomon's Temple
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a biblical Temple in Jerusalem believed to have existed between the 10th and 6th centuries BCE.
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State of Palestine
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in the southern Levant region of West Asia, encompassing the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, within the larger historic Palestine region.
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Stockholm Business School
Stockholm Business School (SBS; Företagsekonomiska institutionen) is one of the largest academic departments at Stockholm University with around 3 500 students and 120 researchers/lecturers.
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Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
Syria (region)
Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: Sura/i; Συρία; ܣܘܪܝܐ) or Sham (Ash-Shām) is a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in West Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Holy Land and Syria (region) are historical geography of Israel.
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Talmud
The Talmud (תַּלְמוּד|Talmūḏ|teaching) is the central text of Rabbinic Judaism and the primary source of Jewish religious law (halakha) and Jewish theology.
Temple in Jerusalem
The Temple in Jerusalem, or alternatively the Holy Temple, refers to the two religious structures that served as the central places of worship for Israelites and Jews on the modern-day Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Temple Mount
The Temple Mount (lit), also known as Haram al-Sharif (Arabic: الحرمالشريف, lit. 'The Noble Sanctuary'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa (المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, lit. 'The Furthest Mosque'),* Where Heaven and Earth Meet, p. 13: "Nowadays, while oral usage of the term Haram persists, Palestinians tend to use in formal texts the name Masjid al-Aqsa, habitually rendered into English as 'the Aqsa Mosque'.". Holy Land and Temple Mount are Islamic holy places and Jewish holy places.
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Terraces (Baháʼí)
The Baháʼí Terraces, or the Hanging Gardens of Haifa, are garden terraces on Mount Carmel in Haifa, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel.
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The Gardener (2012 film)
The Gardener (باغبان, Bāghbān) is a documentary film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century.
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Tiberias
Tiberias (טְבֶרְיָה,; Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Holy Land and Tiberias are Jewish holy places.
Torah
The Torah (תּוֹרָה, "Instruction", "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
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Umar
Umar ibn al-Khattab (ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634, when he succeeded Abu Bakr as the second caliph, until his assassination in 644.
Ummah
(أُمَّة) is an Arabic word meaning "nation".
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Universal House of Justice
The Universal House of Justice (بیتالعدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Baháʼí Faith.
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Western Wall
The Western Wall (the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق, Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq), is a portion of ancient limestone wall in the Old City of Jerusalem that forms part of the larger retaining wall of the hill known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount. Holy Land and western Wall are Islamic holy places and Jewish holy places.
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World Digital Library
The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World to come
The world to come, age to come, heaven on Earth, and the Kingdom of God are eschatological phrases reflecting the belief that the current world or current age is flawed or cursed and will be replaced in the future by a better world, age, or paradise.
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Writings of Bahá'ú'lláh
The writings of Baháʼu'lláh are the corpus of texts written or narrated by Baháʼu'lláh, which are regarded as sacred scripture in the Baháʼí Faith.
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Yom tov sheni shel galuyot
Yom tov sheni shel galuyot (יום טוב שני של גלויות), also called in short yom tov sheni, means "the second festival day in the Diaspora".
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Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)
Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
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Zion
Zion (צִיּוֹן Ṣīyyōn, LXX Σιών, also variously transliterated Sion, Tzion, Tsion, Tsiyyon) is a placename in the Hebrew Bible, often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole.
See also
Abrahamic religions
- Abrahamic religions
- Abrahamic world
- Abrahamites
- Abrahamization
- Bábism
- Baháʼí Faith
- Christianity
- Druze
- False god
- Gnosticism
- God in Abrahamic religions
- Holy Land
- Islam
- Judaism
- Mandaeism
- Milah Abraham
- Mormonism
- Pai Mārire
- Raëlism
- Rastafari
- Sabians
- Samaritanism
- Samaritans
- Table of prophets of Abrahamic religions
- Yazdânism
Christian holy places
- Bethlehem
- Chapeltoun
- Christian shrines
- Clootie well
- Holy Land
- Jerusalem
- Lady Well
- List of Christian holy places in the Holy Land
- Mount Athos
- Sacred Grove (Latter Day Saints)
- Skałka
- St Cuthbert's Well
- St Gobnait's well
- St. Ann's Well, Raheny
- Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Struell Wells
- Tana Qirqos
- Tobernalt
Crusade places
- Adramyttium
- Aigues-Mortes
- Ain Diwar Bridge
- Antakya
- Antioch
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Ascalon
- Banias
- Beit Wazan
- Bethany
- Carmel (biblical settlement)
- Church of the Holy Sepulchre
- Damietta
- Daughters of Jacob Bridge
- Dorylaeum
- Edessa
- Holy Land
- Horns of Hattin
- Kahramanmaraş
- Le Puiset
- Mansoura, Egypt
- Muristan
- Nicaea
- Well of Souls
Historical geography of Israel
- Borders of Israel
- Holy Land
- Syria (region)
Historical regions in Israel
- Djahy
- Holy Land
- Judea
- Lower Galilee
- Philistia
- Phoenicia
- Samaria
- Upper Galilee
Islamic holy places
- Al-Aqsa
- Al-Aqsa Mosque
- Al-Baqi Cemetery
- Al-Hamra Mosque (Kufa)
- Al-Kazimiyya Mosque
- Al-Masjid an-Nabawi
- Bayn al-Haramayn
- Destruction of early Islamic heritage sites in Saudi Arabia
- Dhat Irq
- Djamaa el Djazaïr
- Foundation Stone
- Great Mosque of Kufa
- Holiest sites in Islam
- Holy Land
- Jabal al-Nour
- Jerusalem
- Maqam Ibrahim
- Masjid al-Haram
- Mazor Mausoleum
- Mecca
- Mecca Gate
- Medina
- Miqat Dhu al-Hulayfah
- Mosque
- Mosques
- Mount Betarim
- Nabi Rubin
- Nebi Akasha Mosque
- Prophet's Mosque
- Rabigh
- Safa and Marwa
- Sayyida Zaynab Mosque, Syria
- Sayyidah Ruqayya Mosque
- Sheikh Hussein
- Sidna Ali Mosque
- Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Temple Mount
- Wadi-us-Salaam
- Western Wall
- Ziyarat
Jewish holy places
- Ancient synagogues in Palestine
- Archaeological remnants of the Jerusalem Temple
- Eastern Wall
- Foundation Stone
- Hebron
- Holy Land
- Holy cities of Judaism
- Jerusalem
- Land of Israel
- Mount Betarim
- Ohel (grave)
- Rabbi of the Western Wall and the Holy Places
- Safed
- Southern Wall
- Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)
- Synagogue
- Synagogues
- Temple Mount
- Tiberias
- Western Wall
Religion and geography
- 10/40 window
- 40/70 window
- Biblical geography
- Christianity in the Ottoman Empire
- Divisions of the world in Islam
- Holy Land
- Joshua Project
- Latter-day Saint settlements in Canada
- Middle Belt
- Mormon corridor
- Religion and geography
- Religion by country
- Religious demographics
- Religious nationalism
- Religious tourism
Religious places
- Ayyavazhi holy sites
- Baháʼí House of Worship
- Biblical places
- Christianized sites
- Conversion of non-Hindu places of worship into temples
- Dhuni
- Ecclesiastical capital
- Holy Land
- Holy cities
- Holy well
- Indigenous Philippine shrines and sacred grounds
- Kangla fort
- Kirkwood Estate, East Ayrshire
- Laishang
- Lands of Borland
- Lands of Borland, Barony of Cumnock
- Lands of Templehouse
- List of non-Christian religious placenames in Britain
- List of religious sites
- Meditation centre
- Meher Spiritual Center
- Meherabad
- Monastic cell
- Oak of Mamre
- Place of worship
- Prison of Solomon
- Qadamgah (ancient site)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
- Sacred natural sites
- Sacred space
- Sacred waters
- Sefa-utaki
- Shirdi
- St. Plegmund's well
- Sufism Reoriented Sanctuary
- Temple Development Board
- Thangjing Temple, Moirang
- Trollkyrka
- Tukar
- Umunoha
- Vakaippathi
- Vyasa Peetha
- Yaboyabo
- Yazidi holy places
References
Also known as Agioi Topoi, Al-Arḍ Al-Mubarakah, Al-Arḍ Al-Mubārakah, Al-Arḍ Al-Muqaddasah, Al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah, Al-arḍ al-muqaddasa, Ar'a Qaddisha, Bible Lands, Erets HaQodesh, Eretz HaQodesh, Eretz Hkodesh, Holiness of Palestine, Holy Land (Abrahamic), Holy Land (Biblical), Holy lands, Protestantism in the Holy Land, Sacred Land, Terra Sancta, Terrae Sanctae, The Holy Land, The Holy Places, Άγιοι Τόποι, ארעא קדישא, ארץ הקודש, الأرض المقدسة.