| LC control no. | nr2001011101 |
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| Geographic heading | Bethphage (Israel) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Israel--Bethphage |
| Variant(s) | Bethpage (Israel) Keft el-Tur (Israel) |
| Found in | Archaeological setting of the shrine of Bethphage, 1961 Discovering the World of the Bible, 1996: p. 78 (Bethphage ("place of young figs"), Keft el-Tur; On the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives, between the summit and Bethany, is Bethphage, the traditional starting point of the Palm Sunday procession. Rabbinic literature cites Behtphage as the eastern limits of the city of Jerusalem) Holy places: Jewish, Christian and Muslim monuments in the Holy Land, 1969: p. 144 (Today, a track leads up the slope of the Mount of Olives to the hamlet of Bethphage--meaning "House of Figs"...Now, as then, this junction of tracks from Bethany and Jerusalem is overlooked by the tell, or mound, of ancient Bethphage.) Encyc. Judaica v.4, p. 748 (Bethphage, village on the Mount of Olives in immediate vicinity of Jerusalem....Bethpage) |
| Not found in | Getty; Lippincott; Web. geog.; Historical sites in Israel; Maps of the Holy Land; Atlas of the Early Christian World; Digging up the Bible; Archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land |
| Geographic area code | a-is--- |
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