Mount Ebal

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Mount Ebal is a prominent mountain in the West Bank historically significant in biblical tradition, particularly as the site associated with the curses in the covenant ceremony described in the Book of Deuteronomy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mount Ebal canonical 14

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical site ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationBy Adam Zertal ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsStart 1980s ⓘ
associatedWith covenant ceremony of Deuteronomy 27 ⓘ
tribes pronouncing curses ⓘ
biblicalEvent offering of sacrifices on an altar ⓘ
reading of the law by Joshua ⓘ
category Hebrew Bible mountains ⓘ
Mountains of the West Bank ⓘ
linked to: Judean Mountains
coordinatesType geographic coordinates ⓘ
country State of Palestine ⓘ
disputedInterpretation identification of structure as Joshua’s altar ⓘ
elevation approximately 3,080 feet ⓘ
approximately 940 metres ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite stone structure interpreted by some as altar ⓘ
hasType natural geographic feature ⓘ
HebrewName הר עיבל ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Palestine ⓘ
West Bank ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
near Nablus ⓘ
notableFor archaeological debates about early Israelite cultic site ⓘ
association with biblical curses ⓘ
oppositeOf Mount Gerizim ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gerizim area
overlooks city of Nablus ⓘ
linked to: Nablus
pairedWith Mount Gerizim as mountain of blessings and curses ⓘ
partOf Samarian Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Gilboa Mountains
proximityTo Mount Gerizim ⓘ
linked to: Mount Gerizim area
range central hill country of Samaria ⓘ
region Northern West Bank ⓘ
linked to: West Bank
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInBiblicalNarrative mountain of the curses in covenant ceremony ⓘ
place where law was to be written on stones ⓘ
site of altar commanded by Moses ⓘ
sacredTo many religious Jews ⓘ
some Christians ⓘ
significance important site in Israelite covenant theology ⓘ
terrain rocky ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
usedFor agriculture on terraced slopes ⓘ
viewOf Nablus valley ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nablus → nearbySettlement → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Shechem → hasNearbyLandmark → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Flavia Neapolis → locatedNear → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Neapolis → locatedNear → Mount Ebal ⓘ
שכם → situatedBetween → Mount Ebal ⓘ
subject linked to: שְׁכֶם
Nablus valley → liesBetween → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Nablus valley → near → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Samaria highlands → contains → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Battle of Nablus → near → Mount Ebal ⓘ
region of Samaria → contains → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Shechem → locatedNear → Mount Ebal ⓘ
subject linked to: Σίκιμα
Tel Balata → hasNearbyLandmark → Mount Ebal ⓘ
Flavia Neapolis → nearby → Mount Ebal ⓘ
subject linked to: Flavia Neapolis (Nablus)