Mount of Temptation Monastery in Jericho, Palestinian Territories
The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in Jericho, Palestine. It was built on the slopes of the Mount of Temptation 350 meters above sea level, situated along a cliff overlooking the city of Jericho and the Jordan Valley.
It currently serves as a tourist attraction and its land is under the full jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority, although the monastery is owned and managed by the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem.
Perched upon a sheer cliff face, Mount of Temptation Monastery looks out over panoramic views of the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, and dramatic surrounding mountains. Regarded by the Orthodox church as the spot where the devil once tempted Jesus during the latter's 40-day fast, the site has existed in some form since 6 CE, developed and reconstructed over thousands of years. Ride the cable car or hike the steep 400 m incline to the summit. Once there, wonder at the impressive carving of the monastery, cut directly into the cliff face some 350 m above sea level.
Northwest of central Jericho, the hillside of Qarantal plays an important role in Christian tradition. This is a major point of interest for Christian visitors who know the hill as the Mount of Temptation, where Jesus Christ fasted after being baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. In AD 340, St. Chariton built a chapel on the hill summit, and another was built by the cave in which Jesus is said to have sheltered. The Greek Orthodox Church acquired the site in 1875 and in 1895 built the Sarandarion Monastery (the name refers to the 40 days of Jesus' fast) halfway up the hill. From the monastery, a steep path runs up to the summit on which you can visit the remains of St. Chariton's original chapel. The views from the top across the arid hills are fantastic. For those that don't fancy the hike, the Jericho Cable Car runs from Jericho up to the summit, with excellent views across the countryside along the way.
It has interesting history by self.
A fortress built by the Seleucids called Doq stood at the summit of the mountain. It was captured by the Hasmoneans and it was here that Simon Maccabaeus was murdered by his son-in-law Ptolemy.
The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan, about three kilometers northwest of Jericho. The monastery receives its name from the mountain which the early Christians referred to as the Mount of the Temptation. The Mount of Temptation was identified by Augusta Helena of Constantinople as one of the holy sites in her pilgrimage in 326 CE.
Palestine, including Jericho, was conquered by the Arabs under the Islamic Caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab in the 630s.
When the Crusaders conquered the area in 1099, they built two churches on the site: one in a cave halfway up the cliff and a second on the summit. They referred to the site as Mons Quarantana (from Quaranta meaning forty in Italian, the number of days in the Gospel account of Jesus's fast).
The land upon which the modern monastery was built was purchased by the Orthodox Church in 1874. In 1895, the monastery was constructed around a crude cave chapel that marks the stone where Jesus sat during his fast.
The Orthodox Church, along with its Palestinian Orthodox followers purchaser,[dubious – discuss] originally attempted to build a church at the summit, but were unsuccessful; the unfinished walls of that church are located on a slope above the monastery.
As of 2002, three Orthodox monks were dwelling in the monastery and were guiding visitors to the site.
In 1998, a cable car was built from Jericho's Tell es-Sultan to the level of the monastery by an Austrian-Swiss company as a tourist attraction for the year 2000. At present there is a restaurant, a cafe and a souvenir shop at the monastery entrance for the tourists.
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The Monastery of Temptation is traditionally considered the site where Jesus (SAW) was tempted by the devil during his 40-day fast. The place is also sometimes referred to as Mount Quarantania or Jabal Quruntal in Arabic. Both names arise from the Latin word quarentena meaning 40. The site is said to be identified by Empress Helena of Constantinople during her pilgrimage in 326 AD.
There is a Greek Orthodox Church that clings to the mountain’s sheer face about 350 meters above sea level. The earliest monastery was constructed on the site by the Byzantines in the 6th century. Crusaders then built two churches: one in a cave half way up the cliff and the second on the summit of the mount. In 1895, the Greek Orthodox Monastery was constructed around a cave chapel that contains the stone where Jesus sat during his fast.
There are two ways to get to the Monastery, either by taking a cable car ride up or by climbing up the bare, rocky slopes of Jabal Quruntal to the Monastery, which takes only 15-30 minutes.
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Observation of the Temptation Monastery, Jericho (the Palestinian Authority)
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera
zahigo25@walla.com 9726905522 tel
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My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
Jericho, Mount of Temptation, Quarantal 2018. - HD GoPro
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Our recent visit to Israel via Jordan.
Jericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank. The city was occupied by Jordan from 1948 to 1967, and has been held under Israeli occupation since 1967; administrative control was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1994.It is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of more than 20 successive settlements in Jericho, the first of which dates back 11,000 years (9000 BC).
The Mount of Temptation is said to be the hill where Jesus PBUH was tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:8). It is generally identified with Mount Quarantania, a mountain approximately 366 m (1200 feet) high, located about 11 km (6.8 mi) north-west of the West Bank town of Jericho.
Atop the mount is the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Temptation.
In 1998 a 1300 meters long cable car was built from Jericho's Tel Sultan to the level of the monastery as a tourist attraction.
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West Bank - Jericho and Mount of Temptation
Jericho is a town in the West Bank, located within the Jericho Governorate, near the Jordan River.
Believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, archaeologists have unearthed the remains of over 20 successive settlements there, dating back to 8000 BCE. Jericho has a population of approximately 25,000 Palestinians.
Jericho is mentioned in the Jewish Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament), over 70 times. Jericho is also mentioned several times in the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Hebrews.
The summit of Mount of Temptation, rising to a height of 350 meters above sea level and commanding a magnificent and panoramic view of the Jordan Valley, is the site where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan, about 3 km northwest of Jericho.
A Greek Orthodox monastery was built in the 6th century over the cave where Christ stayed.
Reaching the monastery of Temptation, Jericho
Reaching the monastery of Temptation, a place where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan. Monastery is located in Jericho, Palestine.
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Walls of Jericho, Jericho, West Bank, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Asia
The Wall of Jericho is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) defensive or flood protection wall suggested to date to approximately 8000 BC. In the Book of Joshua, the Israelites destroy the wall of Jericho by walking around it with the Ark of the Covenant for seven days, on the last of which they blew trumpets of rams' horns and shouted to make the walls fall down (Joshua 6:20). The events of the account are suggested to be dated at around 1400 BC. Speculations about the existence of fortifications dating to this period persisted in biblical archaeology until Kathleen Kenyon's comprehensive excavations in the 1950s. One wall was excavated by Sir Charles Warren in 1868 at the request of the Palestine Exploration Fund. He dug through the mud bricks of the wall without realizing what it was, suggesting there was little of interest at the site. Ernest Sellin and Carl Watzinger excavated Jericho between 1907 and 1909 and found the remains of two walls which they initially suggested supported the biblical account. They later revised this conclusion and dated their finds to the middle Bronze Age (1950-1550 BC). The site was again excavated by John Garstang between 1930 and 1936, who again raised the suggestion that remains of the upper wall was that described in the Bible. Kathleen Kenyon resumed extensive excavations between 1952 and 1958 and found no late Bronze Age defensive wall or pottery. Her excavations found a series of seventeen early Bronze Age walls, some of which she thought may have been destroyed by earthquakes. The last of the walls was put together in a hurry, indicating that the settlement had been destroyed by nomadic invaders. Another wall was built by a more sophisticated culture in the middle Bronze Age with a steep plastered escarpment leading up to mud bricks on top. After this there was a hiatus until later iron age material dating to around the seventh century BC. They did not find substantial evidence for renewed occupation in the late Bronze Age at the time of Joshua, which in general agreed with the earlier statement by Watzinger that in the time of Joshua, Jericho was a heap of ruins, on which stood perhaps a few isolated huts. Perhaps the most important discovery was evidence that the earliest wall suggested by Kenyon to date to around 8000 BC based on Radiocarbon dating of material at 7825 BC from level IV, phase III of the site. This time period was thereafter called the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A stone age and the wall considered part of an early proto-city. It surrounded and protected a Neolithic settlement which contained an organized community of between 2000 to 3000 people. The wall was complemented by a stone tower built into it. The wall is thought to have been built in order to prevent floods and the tower used for ceremonial purposes[6] but the height of the wall (approximately 5 feet (1.5 m) thick and 12 to 17 feet (4--5 m) high) as well as that of the tower suggests a defensive purpose as well. Furthermore, the construction of such a project implies some sort of social organization, division of labour, and classes. Surrounding the wall was a ditch 27 feet (8 m) wide by 9 feet (3 m) deep, cut through solid bedrock with a circumference of around the town of as much as 600 metres (2,000 ft). Kathleen Kenyon commented on the work involved in the construction of the ditch: The labor involved in excavating this ditch out of solid rock must have been tremendous. As we have discovered nothing in the way of heavy flint picks, one can only suppose that it was carried out with stone mauls, perhaps helped by splitting with fire and water.The wall itself was 6.5 feet (2 m) wide by 12 feet (4 m) high. The town of Jericho, which was about six acres (2.5 ha) in size, preceded the wall by about 500 years. In fact, evidence suggests that construction started prior to the agricultural revolution. The town contained round mud-brick houses, yet no street planning. Despite the existence of the wall and tower, Jericho is still a proto-city, much like Çatalhöyük. Speculation persists about the purpose of the tower and it may have had several purposes. Archaeologists Ran Barkai and Roy Liran used computers to reconstruct sunsets and recently found that when the Tower of Jericho was built, nearby mountains cast a shadow on it as the sun set on the longest day of the year. The shadow fell exactly on the structure and then spread out to cover the entire village of Jericho. In an article in the Jerusalem Post, archaeologist Ran Barkai argued that the structure was used to create awe and inspiration to convince people into a harder way of life with the development of agriculture and social hierarchies. He concluded with, We believe this tower was one of the mechanisms to motivate people to take part in a communal lifestyle.
Mount Temptation of Jericho tour, Palestine March 2018
Mount Temptation in Jericho Palestine
the site of the temptation of Jesus by the devil for 40 days and nights
Elisha spring, Jericho, the oldest city in the world (the Palestinian Authority)
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera
zahigo25@walla.com 9726905522 tel
סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
A Man Walked Down from Jerusalem to Jericho
Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan who finds a man robbed and beaten on the side of the road. I have the opportunity to take a hike on one of the trails going down to Jericho. Along the way we see a monastery, canyons, caves, water springs, and wildlife. The video ends at the Jordan River and a remembrance of baptism.
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About This Place
The Mount of Temptation rises up out of the Judean Desert 3km northwestern of Jericho in the West Bank not far from the Dead Sea. At the foot of the mount palm trees and lush vegetation grow and the yellow and orange hued mountain slopes rise 360 meters above sea level. The Mount of Temptation (Jabel Quruntul or Mount Quarantania) is famed as the site where the devil tempted Jesus to forsake God.
Visiting the Mount of Temptation
Visitors to the mount can take the cable car from Tel Jericho to the summit or hike up the mount which will take about an half hour. A visit to the Mount of Temptation is often combined with a visit to Jericho or the Dead Sea because of their proximity. The Greek Orthodox monastery was built into the side of one of the mount’s steep slopes so that it appears to be clinging miraculously to the side of the mount. The monastery encompasses a cave chapel which has survived from an earlier monastery and is said to be the site of the first temptation. At the south side of the monastery complex is a chapel built around the stone where Jesus sat during his spiritual contemplation. This is said to be where the third temptation took place. On the hillside above the monastery are the remains of a fortress originally built by the Greek Seleucid's (312BC-63BC) and later inhabited by the Hasmoneans (140BC-116BC). Here Simon Maccabeus was murdered in 135BC by his son-in-law. Simon was one of the Hasmoneans who led the revolt against the Seleucid rulers gaining a form of independence for the Jewish Hasmoneans in Judea. On top of the Hasmonean ruins stands a later wall built by the Greek Orthodox Church in the hope of establishing a second monastery on the mount.
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Nabi Musa is the name of the burial site of Prophet Musa (PBUH) located in the Jericho Desert 20 km east of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem-Jericho road was one of the primary routes used by Mediterranean Arabs to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Restoration of the maqam took place during the Ottoman period at the hands of architects from the family of Husayn bin ‘Ali bin al-Namri, among whom was ‘Abd al-Muhsin bin Mahmud bin Husayn, the chief architect of Jerusalem and his brother, al-Hajj Karim.
This is the largest and most famous of the maqamat (tomb sanctuaries) of Palestine. Its plan is almost square and it covers an area of 5000 sq m, with three levels. The complex includes stables, storage areas, a large mosque with a minaret and the room of the maqam as well as a number of porticoes and different facilities. These include 100 rooms crowned by domes for the residence of guests during the season. The maqam has an important place in Palestinian folklore and is associated with many social and political events.
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Jericho -view of Mount of Temptation & the Greek Orthodox monastery - Jesus was tempted by the devil
Zahi Shaked A tour guide in Israel and his camera
zahigo25@walla.com +972-54-6905522 tel סיור עם מורה הדרך ומדריך הטיולים צחי שקד 0546905522
My name is Zahi Shaked
In 2000 I became a registered liscenced tourist guide.
My dedication in life is to pass on the ancient history of the Holy Land.
Following upon many years of travel around the world, which was highlighted by a very exciting emotional and soul-searching meeting with the Dalai Lama, I realized that I had a mission. To pass on the the history of the Holy Land, its religions, and in particular, the birth and development of Christianity.
In order to fulfill this calling in the best way possible, I studied in depth, visited, and personally experienced each and every important site of the ancient Christians. I studied for and received my first bachelors degree in the ancient history of the Holy Land, and am presently completing my studies for my second degree.(Masters)
Parralel to my studies, and in order to earn a living, I was employed for many years in advertising. What I learned there was how to attract the publics attention, generate and, increase interest, and assimilate information. All this I use as tools to describe, explain and deepen the interest in the sites that we visit. From my experience, I have learned that in this way, the Holy Land becomes more than just history, and that the large stones that we see scattered about in dissaray, join together one by one until they become - a Byzantine Church. This also happens when I lead a group of Pilgrims in the Steps of Jesus. We climb to the peak of Mount Precipice, glide over the land to the Sea of Galilee, land on the water and see the miracle which enfolds before us. This is a many faceted experience. Not only history which you will remember and cherish, but an experience which I hope will be inplanted in your hearts and minds, and will accompany you all the days of your life.
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