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	Mount Gerizim - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Gerizim (Samaritan Hebrew Ar-garízim, Arabic جبل جرزيم Jabal Jarizīm, Tiberian Hebrew הַר גְּרִזִּים Har Gərizzîm, Standard Hebrew הַר גְּרִיזִּים Har Gərizzim) is a mountain in the West Bank near Nablus which is sacred to the Samaritan sect.
		When Christianity became the dominant religion in the Roman Empire, Samaritans were barred from worshipping on Mount Gerizim.
		A church was built on its summit and a wall constructed to defend the church from Samaritan raiders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gerizim (225 words)

	Gerizim, Mount - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
		Ebal and Gerizim stood over against each other, and on their sides the peoples were placed, half upon one and half upon the other, while in the vale which separates the mountains stood the ark, with the Levites.
		In the throat of this pass to the West, on the South of the vale, and close to the foot of Gerizim, lies the town of Nablus, the ancient Shechem.
		Gerizim was certainly "this mountain" pointed to by the woman of Samaria in her conversation with Jesus (John 4:20); the cliffs of the mountain almost overhanging the Well of Jacob.
	www.studylight.org /enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T3750 (751 words)

	Mount Gerizim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gerizim, located southwest of Shechem, rises to an elevation of 2,849 feet and overlooks a north-south and an east-west road making it of strategic importance.
		Moses instructed the Israelites to assemble at Mt. Gerizim and neighboring Mt. Ebal to the north after entering the land of Canaan.
		According to Josephus, a certain Sanballat constructed a Temple for the Samaritans on Mt. Gerizim as a place for the Samaritans to worship rather than the Temple in Jerusalem.
	www.abu.nb.ca /Courses/NTIntro/InTest/Images/Mt.Gerizim.htm (272 words)

	Mount Gerizim - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Mount Gerizim is 2,855 feet in elevation; Mount Ebal reaches a height of 3,080 feet.
		Mount Gerizim is closely associated with the Samaritans and their religion.
		In the fourth century B.C., with the authorization of the Persians, the Samaritans built a temple on Mount Gerizim.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/mount_gerizim.htm (348 words)

	Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal
		Both Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal are north of Jerusalem and situated near each other.
		Mount Gerizim was the Samaritan rival to Jerusalem.
		It was Mount Ebal that had the law, the curse and the cursing and Gerizim who did not have the law but had the blessing.
	latter-rain.com /background/geriz.htm (525 words)

	Discussion: 43. Tur (Mount) Garizin - (Jabal al-Tur)
		Gerizim and Ebal, with the ark of the covenant and the levitical caretakers between them in the valley.
		The temple on Mt. Gerizim was renamed for Zeus, the patron of strangers, by Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the 2d century B.C.; the text of 2 Macc 6:2 recounts that Mt. Gerizim's inhabitants requested the renaming.
		He reports that the Byzantine authorities permitted the Samaritans to ascend Mt. Gerizim to pray, stressing that their ascent was due to their adoration of the mountain rather than to the existence of the temple on its summit.
	www.shechem.org /machon/med/discussion/043discuss.html (1729 words)

	A.B. - The Samaritan News
		Gerizim as an "Island of Peace" situated in the"sea of violence and hatred" between the two powers controlling the area, Israel and the Palestinians.
		This point is worth noting on the background of the disappearance of orderly administration procedures in an area where the power of the Palestinian Authority is mocked and is almost non-existent due to the continuous blockade enforced by the State of Israel on Palestinian cities as a result of the ongoing swell of terrorism.
		At the same time the IDF increased and fortified its presence on Mount Gerizim in a strategic location that controlled the area and the chains of the heavy tanks as well as of the armored personnel carriers churned the access roads to the Mountain making living conditions there very difficult.
	www.mystae.com /reflections/messiah/news/samaritannews7.html (2033 words)

	Archeology on Mount Gerizim
		Mount Gerizim was the worship center of the Samaritans (Jews who had intermarried with Gentiles and where thus excluded from the temple in Jerusalem).
		A temple was built there in 4th century B.C. which was destroyed in 107 B.C. Just before the Israelites were brought into their promised land, Moses had the tribes of Israel that were to give blessings stand on Mount Gerizim, while the tribes who were to pronounce curses stood on Mount Ebal (Deuteronomy 27:11–13).
		Also, in Judges 9:7, Jotham (the brother of Abimelech and the son of Gideon) climbed Mount Gerizim to shout a proclamation to the people of Shechem for crowning Abimelech king after Abimelech had killed his 70 brothers.
	www.levitt.com /slideshow/s04p02.html (198 words)

	nablus/shechem
		The Samaritans further hold that Mount Gerizim was the true mountain in the "region of Moriah" where Abraham set up an altar and prepared to sacrifice Isaac, not the Temple Mount in Jerusalem as held by the Jews of Judah.
		Mount Gerizim is of significant archaeological interest today because any information gleaned about the temple that stood there can only add to our knowledge of the temple built by the returning exiles in Jerusalem, of which not a trace remains.
		Though the Gerizim temple too was destroyed in the late 2nd century BC by Hasmonean leader John Hyrcanus, the dig has turned up many interesting finds, like the remains of a sacred precinct from the 5th century BC, and a larger, more elegant precinct from the 2nd century BC.
	www.ourfatherlutheran.net /biblehomelands/palestine/nablus.htm (6392 words)

	Philologos \| The Holy Land and the Bible by Cunningham Geikie \| Chapter 35
		Mount Ebal, steep, but terraced almost to the top into gardens of prickly pear, which is grown for its fruit, lay behind Him, the little hamlet of Balata, where Abraham's altar once stood under the sacred tree, the mud-huts of Sychar and the dome of Joseph's tomb being at its foot.
		The ascent of Gerizim is made on horseback, but a good part of the way is so steep that it seems wonderful that the beasts can keep their footing among the loose stones.
		A broad flat surface of rock on the summit of Mount Gerizim is still revered by the Samaritans of to-day as the spot where their temple once stood: a spot so holy to them that they would deem it a sin to step upon it with shod feet.
	philologos.org /__eb-thlatb/chap35.htm (5499 words)

	Har Gerizim & Ayval
		Mount Ebal is the taller of the twins.
		Mount Gerizim, on the other side, has beautiful tree covered slopes and represents the blessings that would come to the Jewish People for following in the ways of the Torah.
		Mount Gerizim is closely associated with a sect called the Cussim (Cutheans), also called Shomronim (Samaritans).
	www.campsci.com /iguide/har_gerizim_and_har_ayval.htm (1183 words)

	Photograph: Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal
		Mount Gerizim was the mount of blessing, while Mount Ebal was the mount of cursing (Deut.
		At Mount Ebal, Joshua erected a monument bearing the law of Moses and then read the law to the Israelites (Josh.
		The bones of Joseph are buried in Shechem (Josh.
	scriptures.lds.org /biblephotos/17?sr=1 (529 words)

	The Samaritan Update
		Breaking up the road from Mount Gerizim to Nablus will be discontinued and an Israeli checkup roadblock together with a Palestinian roadblock will be placed at the point where the road had previously been cut off, until a permanent agreement is reached between Israel and the Palestinians.
		In order to establish Mount Gerizim as the Island of Peace the Superpowers will undertake to assure the political and social future of the Samaritans by expanding their living area on Mount Gerizim to around 2000 dunams [the Samaritan living area has remained unchanged in the past 250 years].
		Belief in Gerizim mount as being the pilgrimage place of God, and the world direction to which the people should direct their faces, and that it is specialized for offering offerings and the carrying out of all religious ceremonies.
	shomron0.tripod.com /update1.3.2002.htm (1778 words)

	Mount Gerizim, The One True Sanctuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The boundaries therein recorded define both sides of the plain: Gerizim on its right, Ebal on its left; and the meadow of Moreh is at the base of Gerizim, reaching as far as the base of Ebal, and Gilgal is opposite the two mountains, and forms a part of their boundaries.
		The eighth argument, which also confirms the fact that Mount Gerizim is the appointed place, is that it was the mountain upon which the blessings were recited.
		The seventh name is “MOUNT GERIZIM.” It is explained after the Scriptures as the mountain of blessing: “Thou shalt make the blessing upon Mount Gerizim.” It is, also, hinted at as the dwelling of God (may he be exalted) whereupon the name of God (may he be exalted) must be uttered.
	www.the-samaritans.com /html_articles/MountGerizim.htm (6252 words)

	Mount Ebal - Walking in Their Sandals - location profile
		Mount Ebal, the higher of the two, is a prominent mound of rock with little vegetation that reaches a height of 3,080 feet above sea level and nearly 1,500 feet above the valley floor.
		Half of the tribes would be stationed on Mount Ebal and half on Mount Gerizim.
		In addition to the chanting of the curses and blessings, Joshua wrote a copy of the law on stones at Mount Ebal, further reinforcing the absolute authority of God’s word to His people and their responsibility to obey it.
	www.ancientsandals.com /overviews/mount_ebal.htm (477 words)

	bible.org: ISBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		From a spur of Mt. Gerizim Jotham spoke his taunting parable to the men of Shechem (Jdg 9:7).
		In consequence of the dispute which arose over the marriage of Manasseh, who belonged to the high-priestly family, with a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite (Neh 13:28), a temple was built on Gerizim as a rival to that in Jerusalem (circa 432 BC).
		Gerizim was certainly "this mountain" pointed to by the woman of Samaria in her conversation with Jesus (Jn 4:20 f); the cliffs of the mountain almost overhanging the Well of Jacob.
	www.bible.org /isbe.asp?id=3750 (771 words)

	Gerizim on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nablus, near the ancient Shechem, lies in the valley between Gerizim and Mt. Ebal.
		Gerizim is sacred to the Samaritans, whose tradition holds that Abraham's offer to sacrifice Isaac occurred there.
		The 300-year-old Samaritan temple at Gerizim, a replica of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, was destroyed by the Maccabean leader, John Hyrcanus, in the 2d cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/g/gerizim.asp (324 words)

	Ancient Sources: The Jordan Valley: 14. Gerizim - (Mount Gerizim)
		Gerizim (Deut 11:29), is the mountain on which stood those who recited the blessings [Jerome mistakenly writes: the curses], near Mount Gebal of which we spoke above.
		When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that you are entering to occupy, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
		Mount Gerizim is there, where according to the Samaritans, Abraham offered his sacrifice.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/ofm/mad/sources/sources014.html (273 words)

	ForMinistry - vsItemDisplay
		By building the sanctuary at Gerizim, the group consolidated itself as a distinct religious entity, which made a statement concerning its own legitimacy in the face of Jewish claims concerning the centrality of Jerusalem.
		Hence the religious tensions between the Samaritans and the Jews were fueled not by the mere existence of the temple at Gerizim, but by the Samaritan rejection of the centrality of Jerusalem.
		The fear is that the transfer of Nablus and Mount Gerizim to Palestinian control may make it difficult for the Holon community that remains in Israel to come to Mount Gerizim on festivals and other occasions.
	www.forministry.com /vsItemdisplay.dsp&objectID=F1911383-964F-495B-B782C7AA9E98F9DC&method=display (2874 words)

	Augusta Georgia: features@ugusta: Samaritan fear for bleak future 7/4/97
		MOUNT GERIZIM, West Bank - A dozen elementary school children chanted verses from Genesis as their teacher, clad in a long gray robe and red turban, kept time with a stick.
		The Samaritans, who over the centuries lost hundreds of thousands of followers to persecution and assimilation, are threatened today by health problems linked to frequent intermarriage and by their precarious position in the middle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
		Half the Samaritans live in the Israeli coastal town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv, and the other half in a village of new limestone homes on Mount Gerizim, a 2,900-foot peak of rocks and pines overlooking Nablus, a Palestinian-run city and the largest in the West Bank.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/070597/fea_samaritan.html (890 words)

	ANISTORITON Journal of History, Archaeology, ArtHistory: History News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Their numbers are not large, and today less than five hundred are left of a great nation that is said to have been counted in hundreds of thousands --there were estimated to be over three-quarters of a million in the early part of the Christian era.
		The principal divergence is the telescoping of the first two Commandments, and the replacement of the tenth by one stressing the sanctity of Mount Gerizim as the site of House of God, the place of creation of Adam and Eve, and of the readying of Isaac for sacrifice.
		On the appointed evening, the men dress in white robes and enact the biddings of Exodus 12:11, that "This is the way in which you must eat; you shall have your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand.", in remembrance of the hurried exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
	www.anistor.co.hol.gr /english/enback/h032.htm (1400 words)

	Bible Study - Mount Ebal
		Mount Ebal, from the Hebrew word pronounced ay-bawl, meaning rocky, is a mountain in Samaria, in central Israel.
		Mount Gerizim was to the south of Shechem on the opposite side of the valley.
		This difference was used in a ceremony to symbolize the blessings for those who obey God, and the curses for those who disobey - a principle that applies as much now as at any other time during Bible History.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2000/20000327.htm (587 words)

	site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mount Jerzim is a very important and strategic mountain.
		Emperor Zeno drove the Samaritans from Mount Jerzim in 486 ADand built an octagonal church dedicated to Mary.
		The road leading to the top of Mount Jerzim is a steep uphill winding road which becomes deserted in some sections until you reach a new garden restaurant with a panoramic view of the town, three quarters of the way to the top of the mountain.
	www.jmcc.org /ptw/2000/Jun/site.htm (554 words)

	Reeh
		After it is written that the blessing should be given on Mount Gerizim and the curse on mount Eival, we find geographic details which are meant to assist in locating these two mountains.
		The literary, linguistic and thematic allusions found in the geographical descriptions of the location of the blessing and the curse and are therefore meant to show that the conquest of the land was part of a divine plan coming to fruition, which began with the forefathers and continued with the conquest of the Promised Land.
		The tradition of the curse on Mount Eival and the blessing on Mount Gerizim were probably encouraged by the Kingdom of Israel, who regarded Shechem as being a holy place.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/torani/nehardeah/reeh.html (2048 words)

	Gerizim, Mount (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		Named in the directions for the reading of the law (Deuteronomy 11:29), and in the account of that great ceremony (Deuteronomy 27:12; Joshua 8:33 f.).
		According to Samaritan tradition it was on this mountain that he prepared to sacrifice Isaac, and at Salem, not far distant, he met Melchizedek (Genesis 14:17 ff.).
		Gerizim was certainly "this mountain" pointed to by the woman of Samaria in her conversation with Jesus (John 4:20 f.); the cliffs of the mountain almost overhanging the Well of Jacob.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3750 (766 words)

	Samaritans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mount Girizim is also called by the Samaritans ''Givat Olam'' - The Eternal Hill.
		According to the tradition Mount Gerizim is also the place of:
		At the head of the Samaritan Israelites today (living on Mount Gerezim) is the High Priest, who is also the head of the Ha' Abtai priestly clan, descendants of Aaron, brother of Moses, through his son, Itmar.
	www.acacialand.com /samari.html (555 words)

	Debra Heights Wesleyan Church :: Resources
		The Samaritan temple on Mount Gerizim was destroyed by John Hyrcanus in 128 BC.
		Samaritans held that 'this mountain' (Mount Gerizim) was especially sacred.
		In the Samirtan Scriptures, Mount Gerizim (rather than Mount Ebal) was the mountain on which Moses had commanded an altar to be built (Dt 27:4-6).
	dhwc.home.mchsi.com /resources/sermon/archive/04-11-21/notes.html (954 words)

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