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About|the biblical location Moriah (Hebrew Name|hebrew=Script/Hebrew|????????? |stan=Moriyya |tiber=Môriyya |means="ordained/considered by YHWH|the Lord ") ( Arabic language|Arabic : ???? Marwah ) is the name given to a mountain range by the Book of Genesis , in which context it is the location of the Binding of Isaac|sacrifice of Isaac . Traditionally Moriah has been interpreted as the name of the specific mountain at which this occurred, rather than just the name of the range. In modern translationswhich? |date=December 2011 of the Bible, the word Moriah is used only twice.
Biblical references
In modern translations of the Bible, the word Moriah is used only twice:
Book of Genesis|Genesis bibleverse-nb||genesis|22:2|HE: "And He said: 'Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.'"
2 Chronicles bibleverse-nb|2|chron|3:1|HE: "Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father; for which provision had been made in the Place of David, in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite."
However, there is debate as to whether these two references are correctly translated as the same word. For example, in the Septuagint|LXX , these verses are translated as:
Book of Genesis|Genesis 22:2: "And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of" http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Genesis/index.htm English Translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible (Genesis)
2 Chronicles 3:1: "And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in the mount of Amoria, where the Lord appeared to his father David, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite." http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Genesis/index.htm English Translation of the Greek Septuagint Bible (2 Chronicles)
Speculation and debate
In the book of Chronicles it is reported that the location of Araunah|Araunah's threshing floor is "in mount Moriah" and that the Temple of Solomon was built over Araunah's threshing floor.cite encyclopedia |last= |first= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |encyclopedia= Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)|Easton's Bible Dictionary |title=Moriah |url= http://www.ccel.org/ccel/easton/ebd2.html? term=Moriah |accessdate=2008-07-14 |edition= |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn= |doi= |pages= |quote= This has led to the classical rabbinical supposition that this is at the peak of Moriah.
Some interpretations of a biblical passage concerning Melchizedek would indicate Jerusalem was already a city with a priest at the time of Abraham , and thus is unlikely to have been founded after this, at the site of a sacrifice made by Abraham in the wilderness. Peake's commentary on the Bible However the view that Salem refers to Jerusalem (then Jebus) and not peace (shalome, shelomo) is of heavy debate between many sects of Jews and Christians.Moria is now the birth place for the Zion Christian Church ( ZCC )
In consequence of these traditions, Classical Rabbinical Literature theorised that the name was a (linguistically corrupted) reference to the Temple, suggesting translations like the teaching-place (referring to the Sanhedrin that met there), the place of fear (referring to the supposed fear that non-Israelites would have at the Temple), the place of myrrh (referring to the spices burnt as incense ).cite encyclopedia |last=Jacobs |first=Joseph |coauthors=M. Seligsohn |encyclopedia= Jewish Encyclopedia |title=Moriah |url= http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp? artid=799& letter=M |accessdate=2008-07-14 |date= |year= |month= |publisher= |volume= |location= |id= |isbn= |doi= |pages= |quote= Targum Pseudo-Jonathan interprets the name as land of worship , while the Samaritan Targum regards it as being land of vision .
Most modern biblical scholars, however, regard the name as a reference to the Amorites , the initial a via aphesis ; the name is thus interpreted as meaning land of the Amorites . This also agrees with the biblical text as it appears in the Syriac Peshitta & ndash; where the near-sacrifice occurs at the land of the Amorites , and in the Septuagint , where, for example, 2 Chronicles 3:1 refers to the location as lang|grc|?µ???a & ndash; Amoria . This would give it the same etymology|etymological root as Hamor , a person's name in the narrative at Genesis 34 which concerns Shechem . Some scholars also identify it with Moreh , the location near Shechem at which Abraham built an altar, according to Genesis 12:6. Hence a number of scholars believe that Moriah refers to a hill near Shechem, supporting the Samaritan belief that the near-sacrifice of Isaac occurred on Mount Gerizim & ndash; a location near Shechem.
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