the Mountain of God

E64677

The Mountain of God is a biblical mountain revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the place where Moses encountered God and received the Ten Commandments.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical mountain
religious site
alsoKnownAs Horeb
linked to: Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai
associatedText Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Book of Kings
linked to: Books of Kings

Quranic story of Musa
associatedWith Moses
candidateLocation Sinai Peninsula
northwest Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia

southern Levant
linked to: Levant region
centralThemeIn Mosaic tradition
Sinai covenant
linked to: Mosaic covenant

giving of the Law
describedAs holy ground
sacred mountain
event Moses encountered God
burning bush theophany
revelation of the Ten Commandments
hasInfluenceOn Christian theology
Islamic tradition about Musa
Jewish law
hasPilgrimageTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
hasRole place of divine revelation
site of covenant between God and Israel
hasTitle “mountain of Yahweh” (in biblical tradition)
linked to: the Mountain of God
hasUncertainLocation true
languageOfName English
mentionedIn Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament
linked to: Bible

Quran
relatedConcept Ten Commandments
Torah revelation
theophany
religiousTradition Exodus narrative
reveredIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
symbolizes God’s presence
holiness
law and covenant
worshippedBy Christians
linked to: Christianity

Jews
Muslims

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Mount Sinai alsoKnownAs the Mountain of God
the Mountain of God hasTitle “mountain of Yahweh” (in biblical tradition)
linked to: the Mountain of God
Life of Moses interpretsEvent ascent of Mount Sinai
linked to: the Mountain of God
Exodus 3 settingLocation mountain of God, Horeb
linked to: the Mountain of God