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[[File:MountofTemptation2016.jpg|thumb|Mount of Temptation from [[Tell es-Sultan]] with excavation trench. To cables on the left belong to the cable car.]] |
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'''The Mount of Temptation''' ({{lang-ar|جبل الأربعين}}, {{lang-he|קרנטל}}) is said to be the hill in the [[Judean Desert]] where [[Jesus]] was [[Temptation of Christ|tempted]] by the devil ({{bibleverse||Matthew|4:8|NIV}}). The exact location |
'''The Mount of Temptation''' ({{lang-ar|جبل الأربعين}}, {{lang-he|קרנטל}}) is said to be the hill in the [[Judean Desert]] where [[Jesus]] was [[Temptation of Christ|tempted]] by the devil ({{bibleverse||Matthew|4:8|NIV}}). |
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==History== |
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The exact location of the Mount of Temptation is unknown. It is generally identified with '''Mount Quarantana'''<ref name=Pringle>{{cite book |last= Pringle |first= Denys |title= Templar Castles on the Road to the Jordan |page= 152 |editor-last= Barber |editor-first= Malcolm |editor-link= Malcolm Barber |work= The Military Orders Volume I: Fighting for the Faith and Caring for the Sick |publisher= Routledge |year= 2017 |orig-year= 1994 |isbn= 9781351542593 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5zkrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152 |access-date= 24 November 2021}}</ref> or '''Quarantania''', [[Arabic language|Arabic]] name: '''Jabal al-Quruntul''', from its Crusader name, '''Mons Quarantana''',<ref>Saunders, Trelawney (1881). "An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine". p. [https://books.google.con/books?id=3cMUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA167 167]. Retrieved 24 November 2021.</ref> a mountain approximately {{convert|366|m|ft}} high, towering from the northwest over the town of [[Jericho]] in the [[West Bank]]. According to the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' (1907-1914), Quarantania is "a limestone peak on the road from [[Jerusalem]] to Jericho".<ref>"[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14504b.htm Temptation of Christ]" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' via New Advent website.</ref> |
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==Landmarks== |
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Halfway up to the top of the mount is the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem|Greek Orthodox]] [[Monastery of the Temptation]] or '''"Deir al-Qarantal"''' in Arabic. |
Halfway up to the top of the mount is the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem|Greek Orthodox]] [[Monastery of the Temptation]] or '''"Deir al-Qarantal"''' in Arabic. Above Qarantal, on top of the cliff, is a modern wall that sits on the ruins of the [[Hasmonean dynasty|Hasmonean]] (later [[Herod the Great|Herodian]]) fortress '''Dok''' or '''Duq''' ({{Bibleref2|1 Macc 16:15}}), mentioned in the [[1 Maccabees|First Book of Maccabees]], which appears as '''Dagon''' in [[Flavius Josephus|Josephus']] "[[Antiquities of the Jews]]" (Ant., XIII, viii, 1; BJ, I, ii, 3). The modern wall was built at the end of the 19th century: the [[Greek Orthodox]] hoped to raise another monastery on the top of the mount, but ran out of money. |
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==Cable car== |
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| ⚫ | In 1998 an Austrian-Swiss company built a {{convert|1330|m|ft}}-long [[Aerial lift|cable car]] from Jericho's [[Tell es-Sultan]], the mound where the prehistorical and biblical towns once stood, to the level of the monastery, in preparation for the year 2000 when large numbers of tourists were expected.<ref>[http://www.jericho-cablecar.com/ Jericho cable car]</ref>The cable car is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the "longest cable car aerial tramway below sea level."<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT.MAGAZINE-israeli-tourists-conquer-palestine-s-only-cable-car-1.10415347 Israeli Tourists Conquer Palestine's Only Cable Car, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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Above Qarantal, on top of the cliff, is a modern wall that sits on the ruins of the [[Hasmonean dynasty|Hasmonean]] (later [[Herod the Great|Herodian]]) fortress '''Dok''' or '''Duq''' ({{Bibleref2|1 Macc 16:15}}), mentioned in the [[1 Maccabees|First Book of Maccabees]], which appears as '''Dagon''' in [[Flavius Josephus|Josephus']] "[[Antiquities of the Jews]]" (Ant., XIII, viii, 1; BJ, I, ii, 3). The modern wall was built at the end of the 19th century: the [[Greek Orthodox]] hoped to raise another monastery on the top of the mount, but ran out of money. |
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| ⚫ | In 1998 an Austrian-Swiss company built a {{convert|1330|m|ft}}-long [[Aerial lift|cable car]] from Jericho's [[Tell es-Sultan]], the mound where the prehistorical and biblical towns once stood, to the level of the monastery, in preparation for the year 2000 when large numbers of tourists were expected.<ref>[http://www.jericho-cablecar.com/ Jericho cable car]</ref> |
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==In literature== |
==In literature== |
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Revision as of 13:59, 29 December 2021
The Mount of Temptation (Arabic: جبل الأربعين, Hebrew: קרנטל) is said to be the hill in the Judean Desert where Jesus was tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:8).
History
The exact location of the Mount of Temptation is unknown. It is generally identified with Mount Quarantana[1] or Quarantania, Arabic name: Jabal al-Quruntul, from its Crusader name, Mons Quarantana,[2] a mountain approximately 366 metres (1,201 ft) high, towering from the northwest over the town of Jericho in the West Bank. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914), Quarantania is "a limestone peak on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho".[3]
Landmarks
Halfway up to the top of the mount is the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation or "Deir al-Qarantal" in Arabic. Above Qarantal, on top of the cliff, is a modern wall that sits on the ruins of the Hasmonean (later Herodian) fortress Dok or Duq (1 Macc 16:15Template:Bibleverse with invalid book), mentioned in the First Book of Maccabees, which appears as Dagon in Josephus' "Antiquities of the Jews" (Ant., XIII, viii, 1; BJ, I, ii, 3). The modern wall was built at the end of the 19th century: the Greek Orthodox hoped to raise another monastery on the top of the mount, but ran out of money.
Cable car
In 1998 an Austrian-Swiss company built a 1,330 metres (4,360 ft)-long cable car from Jericho's Tell es-Sultan, the mound where the prehistorical and biblical towns once stood, to the level of the monastery, in preparation for the year 2000 when large numbers of tourists were expected.[4]The cable car is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the "longest cable car aerial tramway below sea level."[5]
In literature
The Mount of Temptation is mentioned in a poem of the Temptation event by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[6]
See also
- Chariton the Confessor, a monk and saint who established a lavra here at the beginning of the 4th century
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References
- ^ Pringle, Denys (2017) [1994]. Barber, Malcolm (ed.). Templar Castles on the Road to the Jordan. Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 9781351542593. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Saunders, Trelawney (1881). "An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine". p. 167. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Temptation of Christ" in Catholic Encyclopedia via New Advent website.
- ^ Jericho cable car
- ^ Israeli Tourists Conquer Palestine's Only Cable Car, Haaretz
- ^ See Christus: A Mystery (I:1:2 Mount Quarantania) Archived 2011-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Temptation of Christ". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "?". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.[dubious – discuss]
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