text: Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, who serves as the focal point for the religion. It is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion followers, or 33% of the global population, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah (the Christ) was prophesied in the Old Testament.

text: Christianity

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text: monotheistic

text: religion

text: based

text: on

text: the

text: life

text: and

text: teachings

text: of

text: Jesus

text: Christ

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text: serves

text: as

text: the

text: focal

text: point

text: for

text: the

text: religion

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: largest

text: religion

text: with

text: over

text: billion

text: followers

text: or

text: of

text: the

text: global

text: population

text: known

text: as

text: Christians

text: Christians

text: believe

text: that

text: Jesus

text: is

text: the

text: Son

text: of

text: God

text: and

text: the

text: savior

text: of

text: humanity

text: whose

text: coming

text: as

text: the

text: Messiah

text: the

text: Christ

text: was

text: prophesied

text: in

text: the

text: Old

text: Testament

text: Canaan (Northwest Semitic: ""; Phoenician: ; Biblical Hebrew/ Masoretic: ["; nan]") was a Semitic-speaking region in the Ancient Near East during the late 2nd millennium BC. In the Bible it corresponds to the Levant, in particular to the areas of the Southern Levant that provide the main setting of the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, i.e., the area of Israel, Philistia, Phoenicia, and other nations.

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text: Semitic

text: speaking

text: region

text: in

text: the

text: Ancient

text: Near

text: East

text: during

text: the

text: late

text: millennium

text: BC

text: In

text: the

text: Bible

text: it

text: corresponds

text: to

text: the

text: Levant

text: in

text: particular

text: to

text: the

text: areas

text: of

text: the

text: Southern

text: Levant

text: that

text: provide

text: the

text: main

text: setting

text: of

text: the

text: narrative

text: of

text: the

text: Hebrew

text: Bible

text: i.e.

text: the

text: area

text: of

text: Israel

text: Philistia

text: Phoenicia

text: and

text: other

text: nations

text: The Acts of the Apostles ("Práxeis tôn Apostóln"), often referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.

text: The

text: Acts

text: of

text: the

text: Apostles

text: Práxeis

text: tôn

text: Apostóln

text: often

text: referred

text: to

text: simply

text: as

text: Acts

text: is

text: the

text: fifth

text: book

text: of

text: the

text: New

text: Testament

text: it

text: tells

text: of

text: the

text: founding

text: of

text: the

text: Christian

text: church

text: and

text: the

text: spread

text: of

text: its

text: message

text: to

text: the

text: Roman

text: Empire

text: Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary , also Tomb of the Virgin Mary , is a Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley -- at the foot of Mount of Olives , in Jerusalem -- believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary , the mother of Jesus .

text: Church

text: of

text: the

text: Sepulchre

text: of

text: Saint

text: Mary

text: also

text: Tomb

text: of

text: the

text: Virgin

text: Mary

text: is

text: Christian

text: tomb

text: in

text: the

text: Kidron

text: Valley

text: at

text: the

text: foot

text: of

text: Mount

text: of

text: Olives

text: in

text: Jerusalem

text: believed

text: by

text: Eastern

text: Christians

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: burial

text: place

text: of

text: Mary

text: the

text: mother

text: of

text: Jesus

text: The Temple Mount ("Har HaBáyit", "Mount of the House [of God, i.e. the Temple]"), known to Muslims as the Haram esh-Sharif ("al-aram al-Šarf", "the Noble Sanctuary", or , "al-aram al-Quds al-Šarf", "the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem"), a hill located in the Old City of Jerusalem, is one of the most important religious sites in the world. It has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The present site is dominated by three monumental structures from the early Umayyad period: the al-Aqsa Mosque, the Dome of the Rock and the Dome of the Chain, as well as four minarets. Herodian walls and gates with additions dating back to the late Byzantine and early Islamic periods cut through the flanks of the Mount. Currently it can be reached through eleven gates, ten reserved for Muslims and one for non-Muslims, with guard posts of Israeli police in the vicinity of each.

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text: HaBáyit

text: Mount

text: of

text: the

text: House

text: of

text: God

text: i.e.

text: the

text: Temple

text: known

text: to

text: Muslims

text: as

text: the

text: Haram

text: esh

text: Sharif

text: al

text: aram

text: al

text: Šarf

text: the

text: Noble

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text: or

text: al

text: aram

text: al

text: Quds

text: al

text: Šarf

text: the

text: Noble

text: Sanctuary

text: of

text: Jerusalem

text: hill

text: located

text: in

text: the

text: Old

text: City

text: of

text: Jerusalem

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: most

text: important

text: religious

text: sites

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: It

text: has

text: been

text: venerated

text: as

text: holy

text: site

text: for

text: thousands

text: of

text: years

text: by

text: Judaism

text: Christianity

text: and

text: Islam

text: The

text: present

text: site

text: is

text: dominated

text: by

text: three

text: monumental

text: structures

text: from

text: the

text: early

text: Umayyad

text: period

text: the

text: al

text: Aqsa

text: Mosque

text: the

text: Dome

text: of

text: the

text: Rock

text: and

text: the

text: Dome

text: of

text: the

text: Chain

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: four

text: minarets

text: Herodian

text: walls

text: and

text: gates

text: with

text: additions

text: dating

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: late

text: Byzantine

text: and

text: early

text: Islamic

text: periods

text: cut

text: through

text: the

text: flanks

text: of

text: the

text: Mount

text: Currently

text: it

text: can

text: be

text: reached

text: through

text: eleven

text: gates

text: ten

text: reserved

text: for

text: Muslims

text: and

text: one

text: for

text: non

text: Muslims

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text: guard

text: posts

text: of

text: Israeli

text: police

text: in

text: the

text: vicinity

text: of

text: each

text: Judaism (from , derived from Greek , originally from Hebrew , "Yehudah", "Judah"; in Hebrew: , "Yahadut", the distinctive characteristics of the Judean ethnos) encompasses the religion, philosophy, culture and way of life of the Jewish people. Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Midrash and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship that God established with the Children of Israel. With between 14.5 and 17.4 million adherents worldwide, Judaism is the tenth-largest religion in the world.

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text: derived

text: from

text: Greek

text: originally

text: from

text: Hebrew

text: Yehudah

text: Judah

text: in

text: Hebrew

text: Yahadut

text: the

text: distinctive

text: characteristics

text: of

text: the

text: Judean

text: ethnos

text: encompasses

text: the

text: religion

text: philosophy

text: culture

text: and

text: way

text: of

text: life

text: of

text: the

text: Jewish

text: people

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text: is

text: an

text: ancient

text: monotheistic

text: religion

text: with

text: the

text: Torah

text: as

text: its

text: foundational

text: text

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: larger

text: text

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Tanakh

text: or

text: Hebrew

text: Bible

text: and

text: supplemental

text: oral

text: tradition

text: represented

text: by

text: later

text: texts

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: Midrash

text: and

text: the

text: Talmud

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text: is

text: considered

text: by

text: religious

text: Jews

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: expression

text: of

text: the

text: covenantal

text: relationship

text: that

text: God

text: established

text: with

text: the

text: Children

text: of

text: Israel

text: With

text: between

text: and

text: million

text: adherents

text: worldwide

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text: is

text: the

text: tenth

text: largest

text: religion

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Islam (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God ('), and, for the vast majority of adherents, the teachings and normative example (called the "sunnah", composed of accounts called "hadith") of Muhammad (5708 June 632 CE). It is the world's second-largest religion and the fastest-growing major religion in the world, with over 1.7 billion followers or 23% of the global population, known as Muslims. Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God. Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God.

text: Islam

text: is

text: religion

text: articulated

text: by

text: the

text: Quran

text: text

text: considered

text: by

text: its

text: adherents

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: verbatim

text: word

text: of

text: God

text: and

text: for

text: the

text: vast

text: majority

text: of

text: adherents

text: the

text: teachings

text: and

text: normative

text: example

text: called

text: the

text: sunnah

text: composed

text: of

text: accounts

text: called

text: hadith

text: of

text: Muhammad

text: June

text: CE

text: It

text: is

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: second

text: largest

text: religion

text: and

text: the

text: fastest

text: growing

text: major

text: religion

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: with

text: over

text: billion

text: followers

text: or

text: of

text: the

text: global

text: population

text: known

text: as

text: Muslims

text: Islam

text: is

text: an

text: Abrahamic

text: monotheistic

text: religion

text: that

text: upholds

text: that

text: God

text: is

text: one

text: and

text: incomparable

text: and

text: that

text: the

text: purpose

text: of

text: existence

text: is

text: to

text: worship

text: God

text: Muslims

text: consider

text: Muhammad

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: last

text: prophet

text: of

text: God

text: Biblical

text: Hebrew

text: Ivrit

text: Miqra'it

text: or

text: Leshon

text: ha

text: Miqra

text: also

text: called

text: Classical

text: Hebrew

text: is

text: an

text: archaic

text: form

text: of

text: Hebrew

text: Canaanite

text: Semitic

text: language

text: spoken

text: by

text: the

text: Israelites

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: known

text: as

text: Israel

text: roughly

text: west

text: of

text: the

text: Jordan

text: River

text: and

text: east

text: of

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: Sea

text: The

text: term

text: Hebrew

text: was

text: not

text: used

text: for

text: the

text: language

text: in

text: the

text: Bible

text: which

text: was

text: referred

text: to

text: as

text: Canaanite

text: or

text: Judahite

text: but

text: the

text: name

text: was

text: used

text: in

text: Greek

text: and

text: Mishnaic

text: Hebrew

text: texts

text: Biblical

text: Hebrew

text: is

text: attested

text: from

text: about

text: the

text: century

text: BCE

text: and

text: persisted

text: through

text: and

text: beyond

text: the

text: Second

text: Temple

text: period

text: which

text: ended

text: in

text: the

text: siege

text: of

text: Jerusalem

text: AD

text:
Silwan is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem. Forty Jewish families also live in the area. Silwan is located in East Jerusalem.
After the 1948 war, the village fell under Jordanian occupation. Jordanian rule lasted until the 1967 Six-Day War, since which it has been occupied by Israel. Silwan is administered as part of the Jerusalem Municipality, and is part of the J1 sub-district of the Jerusalem Governorate.

text: Silwan

text: is

text: predominantly

text: Palestinian

text: neighborhood

text: on

text: the

text: outskirts

text: of

text: the

text: Old

text: City

text: of

text: Jerusalem

text: Forty

text: Jewish

text: families

text: also

text: live

text: in

text: the

text: area

text: Silwan

text: is

text: located

text: in

text: East

text: Jerusalem

text: After

text: the

text: war

text: the

text: village

text: fell

text: under

text: Jordanian

text: occupation

text: Jordanian

text: rule

text: lasted

text: until

text: the

text: Six

text: Day

text: War

text: since

text: which

text: it

text: has

text: been

text: occupied

text: by

text: Israel

text: Silwan

text: is

text: administered

text: as

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Jerusalem

text: Municipality

text: and

text: is

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: sub

text: district

text: of

text: the

text: Jerusalem

text: Governorate

text: Wadi al-Joz, also Wadi Joz, meaning Valley of the Walnuts, is an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, located at the head of the Kidron Valley, north of the Old City. The population of Wadi Joz is 13,000.

text: Wadi

text: al

text: Joz

text: also

text: Wadi

text: Joz

text: meaning

text: Valley

text: of

text: the

text: Walnuts

text: is

text: an

text: Arab

text: neighborhood

text: in

text: East

text: Jerusalem

text: located

text: at

text: the

text: head

text: of

text: the

text: Kidron

text: Valley

text: north

text: of

text: the

text: Old

text: City

text: The

text: population

text: of

text: Wadi

text: Joz

text: is

text: The West Bank ("" "HaGadah HaMa'aravit") is a landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia, forming the bulk of the Palestinian territories. The West Bank shares boundaries (demarcated by the Jordanian-Israeli armistice of 1949) to the west, north, and south with Israel, and to the east, across the Jordan River, with Jordan. The West Bank also contains a significant section of the western Dead Sea shore.

text: The

text: West

text: Bank

text: HaGadah

text: HaMa'aravit

text: is

text: landlocked

text: territory

text: near

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: coast

text: of

text: Western

text: Asia

text: forming

text: the

text: bulk

text: of

text: the

text: Palestinian

text: territories

text: The

text: West

text: Bank

text: shares

text: boundaries

text: demarcated

text: by

text: the

text: Jordanian

text: Israeli

text: armistice

text: of

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: north

text: and

text: south

text: with

text: Israel

text: and

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: across

text: the

text: Jordan

text: River

text: with

text: Jordan

text: The

text: West

text: Bank

text: also

text: contains

text: significant

text: section

text: of

text: the

text: western

text: Dead

text: Sea

text: shore

text: Religion is a cultural system of behaviors and practices, world views, sacred texts, holy places, ethics, and societal organisation that relate humanity to what an anthropologist has called "an order of existence". Different religions may or may not contain various elements, ranging from the "divine", "sacred things", "faith", a "supernatural being or supernatural beings" or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life."

text: Religion

text: is

text: cultural

text: system

text: of

text: behaviors

text: and

text: practices

text: world

text: views

text: sacred

text: texts

text: holy

text: places

text: ethics

text: and

text: societal

text: organisation

text: that

text: relate

text: humanity

text: to

text: what

text: an

text: anthropologist

text: has

text: called

text: an

text: order

text: of

text: existence

text: Different

text: religions

text: may

text: or

text: may

text: not

text: contain

text: various

text: elements

text: ranging

text: from

text: the

text: divine

text: sacred

text: things

text: faith

text: supernatural

text: being

text: or

text: supernatural

text: beings

text: or

text: some

text: sort

text: of

text: ultimacy

text: and

text: transcendence

text: that

text: will

text: provide

text: norms

text: and

text: power

text: for

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: life

text: Jerusalem , is a city located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. One of the oldest cities in the world, Jerusalem was named as ""Urusalima"" on ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets, probably meaning "City of Shalem" after a Canaanite deity, during the early Canaanite period (approximately 2400 BCE). During the Israelite period, significant construction activity in Jerusalem began in the 9th century BCE (Iron Age II), and in the 8th century the city developed into the religious and administrative center of the Kingdom of Judah. It is considered a holy city in the three major Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

text: Jerusalem

text: is

text: city

text: located

text: on

text: plateau

text: in

text: the

text: Judaean

text: Mountains

text: between

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: and

text: the

text: Dead

text: Sea

text: One

text: of

text: the

text: oldest

text: cities

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: Jerusalem

text: was

text: named

text: as

text: Urusalima

text: on

text: ancient

text: Mesopotamian

text: cuneiform

text: tablets

text: probably

text: meaning

text: City

text: of

text: Shalem

text: after

text: Canaanite

text: deity

text: during

text: the

text: early

text: Canaanite

text: period

text: approximately

text: BCE

text: During

text: the

text: Israelite

text: period

text: significant

text: construction

text: activity

text: in

text: Jerusalem

text: began

text: in

text: the

text: century

text: BCE

text: Iron

text: Age

text: II

text: and

text: in

text: the

text: century

text: the

text: city

text: developed

text: into

text: the

text: religious

text: and

text: administrative

text: center

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Judah

text: It

text: is

text: considered

text: holy

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: three

text: major

text: Abrahamic

text: religions

text: of

text: Judaism

text: Christianity

text: and

text: Islam

text: The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet ("Har ha-Zeitim" "Jabal al-Zaytun", "Al-Tur") is a mountain ridge east of and adjacent to Jerusalem's Old City. It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. The southern part of the Mount was the Silwan necropolis, attributed to the ancient Judean kingdom. The Mount has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves, making it central in the tradition of Jewish cemeteries. Several key events in the life of Jesus, as related in the Gospels, took place on the Mount of Olives, and in the Acts of the Apostles it is described as the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven. Because of its association with both Jesus and Mary, the Mount has been a site of Christian worship since ancient times and is today a major site of pilgrimage for Catholics, the Eastern Orthodox, and Protestants.

text: The

text: Mount

text: of

text: Olives

text: or

text: Mount

text: Olivet

text: Har

text: ha

text: Zeitim

text: Jabal

text: al

text: Zaytun

text: Al

text: Tur

text: is

text: mountain

text: ridge

text: east

text: of

text: and

text: adjacent

text: to

text: Jerusalem

text: 's

text: Old

text: City

text: It

text: is

text: named

text: for

text: the

text: olive

text: groves

text: that

text: once

text: covered

text: its

text: slopes

text: The

text: southern

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: Mount

text: was

text: the

text: Silwan

text: necropolis

text: attributed

text: to

text: the

text: ancient

text: Judean

text: kingdom

text: The

text: Mount

text: has

text: been

text: used

text: as

text: Jewish

text: cemetery

text: for

text: over

text: years

text: and

text: holds

text: approximately

text: graves

text: making

text: it

text: central

text: in

text: the

text: tradition

text: of

text: Jewish

text: cemeteries

text: Several

text: key

text: events

text: in

text: the

text: life

text: of

text: Jesus

text: as

text: related

text: in

text: the

text: Gospels

text: took

text: place

text: on

text: the

text: Mount

text: of

text: Olives

text: and

text: in

text: the

text: Acts

text: of

text: the

text: Apostles

text: it

text: is

text: described

text: as

text: the

text: place

text: from

text: which

text: Jesus

text: ascended

text: to

text: heaven

text: Because

text: of

text: its

text: association

text: with

text: both

text: Jesus

text: and

text: Mary

text: the

text: Mount

text: has

text: been

text: site

text: of

text: Christian

text: worship

text: since

text: ancient

text: times

text: and

text: is

text: today

text: major

text: site

text: of

text: pilgrimage

text: for

text: Catholics

text: the

text: Eastern

text: Orthodox

text: and

text: Protestants

text: The Kingdom of Judah ("Mamlekhet Yehudh") was an Iron Age kingdom of the Southern Levant. The Hebrew Bible depicts it as the successor to a United Monarchy, but historians are divided about the veracity of this account. In the 10th and early 9th centuries BCE the territory of Judah appears to have been sparsely populated, limited to small rural settlements, most of them unfortified. Jerusalem, the kingdom's capital, likely did not emerge as a significant administrative centre until the end of the 8th century, prior to this archaeological evidence suggests its population was too small to sustain a viable kingdom. In the 7th century its population increased greatly, prospering under Assyrian vassalage (despite Hezekiah's revolt against the Assyrian king Sennacherib), but in 605 the Assyrian Empire was defeated, and the ensuing competition between the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt and the Neo-Babylonian Empire for control of the Eastern Mediterranean led to the destruction of the kingdom in a series of campaigns between 597 and 582, the deportation of the elite of the community, and the incorporation of Judah into a province of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.

text: The

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Judah

text: Mamlekhet

text: Yehudh

text: was

text: an

text: Iron

text: Age

text: kingdom

text: of

text: the

text: Southern

text: Levant

text: The

text: Hebrew

text: Bible

text: depicts

text: it

text: as

text: the

text: successor

text: to

text: United

text: Monarchy

text: but

text: historians

text: are

text: divided

text: about

text: the

text: veracity

text: of

text: this

text: account

text: In

text: the

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Jesus (; c. 4 BC  c. AD 30/33), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, was a Jewish preacher and religious leader who became the central figure of Christianity. Christians believe him to be the Son of God and the awaited Messiah (Christ) prophesied in the Old Testament.
Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the biblical Jesus reflects the historical Jesus. Jesus was a Galilean Jew who was baptized by John the Baptist and subsequently began his own ministry, preaching his message orally and often being referred to as "rabbi". He was arrested and tried by the Jewish authorities, and was crucified by the order of Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect. Jesus debated fellow Jews on how to best follow God, performed healings, taught in parables and gathered followers. After his death, his followers believed he rose from the dead, and the community they formed eventually became the Christian Church.

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text: central

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text: awaited

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text: dead

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text: The Judaean Mountains or Judaean Hills ("Harei Yehuda", "Jibal Al Khalil"), is a mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem and several other biblical cities are located. The mountains reach a height of . The Judean Mountains can be separated to a number of sub-regions, including the Mount Hebron ridge, the Jerusalem ridge and the Judean slopes. These mountains formed the heartland of the Kingdom of Judah, where the earliest Jewish settlements emerged.

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text: Mountains

text: or

text: Judaean

text: Hills

text: Harei

text: Yehuda

text: Jibal

text: Al

text: Khalil

text: is

text: mountain

text: range

text: in

text: Israel

text: and

text: the

text: West

text: Bank

text: where

text: Jerusalem

text: and

text: several

text: other

text: biblical

text: cities

text: are

text: located

text: The

text: mountains

text: reach

text: height

text: of

text: The

text: Judean

text: Mountains

text: can

text: be

text: separated

text: to

text: number

text: of

text: sub

text: regions

text: including

text: the

text: Mount

text: Hebron

text: ridge

text: the

text: Jerusalem

text: ridge

text: and

text: the

text: Judean

text: slopes

text: These

text: mountains

text: formed

text: the

text: heartland

text: of

text: the

text: Kingdom

text: of

text: Judah

text: where

text: the

text: earliest

text: Jewish

text: settlements

text: emerged

text: Nazareth ("Narat" "Narath" "an-Nira") is the capital and the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In its population was . The inhabitants are predominantly Arab citizens of Israel, of whom 69% are Muslim and 30.9% Christian. Nazareth Illit (lit. "Upper Nazareth") is built alongside old Nazareth, and had a Jewish population of 40,312 in 2014. The Jewish sector was declared a separate city in June 1974.

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text: Narath

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text: is

text: the

text: capital

text: and

text: the

text: largest

text: city

text: in

text: the

text: Northern

text: District

text: of

text: Israel

text: Nazareth

text: is

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: Arab

text: capital

text: of

text: Israel

text: In

text: its

text: population

text: was

text: The

text: inhabitants

text: are

text: predominantly

text: Arab

text: citizens

text: of

text: Israel

text: of

text: whom

text: are

text: Muslim

text: and

text: Christian

text: Nazareth

text: Illit

text: lit

text: Upper

text: Nazareth

text: is

text: built

text: alongside

text: old

text: Nazareth

text: and

text: had

text: Jewish

text: population

text: of

text: in

text: The

text: Jewish

text: sector

text: was

text: declared

text: separate

text: city

text: in

text: June

text: Christian

text: or

text: is

text: person

text: who

text: follows

text: or

text: adheres

text: to

text: Christianity

text: an

text: Abrahamic

text: monotheistic

text: religion

text: based

text: on

text: the

text: life

text: and

text: teachings

text: of

text: Jesus

text: Christ

text: Christian

text: derives

text: from

text: the

text: Koine

text: Greek

text: word

text: Christós

text: translation

text: of

text: the

text: Biblical

text: Hebrew

text: term

text: mashiach

text: The Kidron Valley (classical transliteration, "Cedron", from , "Naal Qidron"; also Qidron Valley "Wadi al-Joz" for the upper segment near the Temple Mount, and "Wadi an-Nar" for the rest of it) is the valley on the eastern side of The Old City of Jerusalem, separating the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives. It continues east through the Judean Desert in the West Bank, towards the Dead Sea, descending 4000 feet along its 20-mile course. The settlement Kedar, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after it. The neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz bears the valley's Arabic name. The Hebrew Bible calls it "Emek Yehoshafat", the "Valley of Jehoshaphat". It appears in Jewish eschatologic prophecies, which include the return of Elijah, followed by the arrival of the Messiah, and the War of Gog and Magog and Judgment Day.

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text: also

text: Qidron

text: Valley

text: Wadi

text: al

text: Joz

text: for

text: the

text: upper

text: segment

text: near

text: the

text: Temple

text: Mount

text: and

text: Wadi

text: an

text: Nar

text: for

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: it

text: is

text: the

text: valley

text: on

text: the

text: eastern

text: side

text: of

text: The

text: Old

text: City

text: of

text: Jerusalem

text: separating

text: the

text: Temple

text: Mount

text: from

text: the

text: Mount

text: of

text: Olives

text: It

text: continues

text: east

text: through

text: the

text: Judean

text: Desert

text: in

text: the

text: West

text: Bank

text: towards

text: the

text: Dead

text: Sea

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text: feet

text: along

text: its

text: course

text: The

text: settlement

text: Kedar

text: located

text: on

text: ridge

text: above

text: the

text: valley

text: is

text: named

text: after

text: it

text: The

text: neighborhood

text: of

text: Wadi

text: al

text: Joz

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text: the

text: valley

text: 's

text: Arabic

text: name

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text: Hebrew

text: Bible

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text: it

text: Emek

text: Yehoshafat

text: the

text: Valley

text: of

text: Jehoshaphat

text: It

text: appears

text: in

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text: eschatologic

text: prophecies

text: which

text: include

text: the

text: return

text: of

text: Elijah

text: followed

text: by

text: the

text: arrival

text: of

text: the

text: Messiah

text: and

text: the

text: War

text: of

text: Gog

text: and

text: Magog

text: and

text: Judgment

text: Day

text: Elijah (meaning "My God is Yahu/Jah") or Elias ("Elías"; "Elye"; Arabic:  or , "Ilys" or "Ily") was a prophet and a miracle worker who lived in the northern kingdom of Israel during the reign of Ahab (9th century BC), according to the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible. According to the Books of Kings Elijah defended the worship of Yahweh over that of the Canaanite deity Baal. Yahweh also performed many miracles through Elijah, including resurrection (raising the dead), bringing fire down from the sky, and entering Heaven alive "by a whirlwind". He is also portrayed as leading a school of prophets known as "the sons of the prophets". After his death, Elisha his disciple and most devoted assistant took over his role as leader of this school. The Book of Malachi prophesies Elijah's return "before the coming of the great and terrible day of Yahweh", making him a harbinger of the Messiah and of the eschaton in various faiths that revere the Hebrew Bible. References to Elijah appear in the Mishnah and Talmud, the New Testament, the Quran and the Bahá'í writings.

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text: Elias

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text: Elye

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text: Ilys

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text: Ily

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text: prophet

text: and

text: miracle

text: worker

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text: lived

text: in

text: the

text: northern

text: kingdom

text: of

text: Israel

text: during

text: the

text: reign

text: of

text: Ahab

text: century

text: BC

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: Books

text: of

text: Kings

text: in

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text: Hebrew

text: Bible

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text: Books

text: of

text: Kings

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text: through

text: Elijah

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text: raising

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text: dead

text: bringing

text: fire

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text: sky

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text: entering

text: Heaven

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text: of

text: prophets

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text: the

text: sons

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text: prophets

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text: The

text: Book

text: of

text: Malachi

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text: the

text: coming

text: of

text: the

text: great

text: and

text: terrible

text: day

text: of

text: Yahweh

text: making

text: him

text: harbinger

text: of

text: the

text: Messiah

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text: of

text: the

text: eschaton

text: in

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text: faiths

text: that

text: revere

text: the

text: Hebrew

text: Bible

text: References

text: to

text: Elijah

text: appear

text: in

text: the

text: Mishnah

text: and

text: Talmud

text: the

text: New

text: Testament

text: the

text: Quran

text: and

text: the

text: Bahá'í

text: writings

text: Israel , officially known as the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's financial and technology center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over the city of Jerusalem is internationally unrecognized.

text: Israel

text: officially

text: known

text: as

text: the

text: State

text: of

text: Israel

text: is

text: country

text: in

text: the

text: Middle

text: East

text: on

text: the

text: southeastern

text: shore

text: of

text: the

text: Mediterranean

text: Sea

text: and

text: the

text: northern

text: shore

text: of

text: the

text: Red

text: Sea

text: It

text: has

text: land

text: borders

text: with

text: Lebanon

text: to

text: the

text: north

text: Syria

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: Jordan

text: on

text: the

text: east

text: the

text: Palestinian

text: territories

text: of

text: the

text: West

text: Bank

text: and

text: Gaza

text: Strip

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: west

text: respectively

text: and

text: Egypt

text: to

text: the

text: southwest

text: The

text: country

text: contains

text: geographically

text: diverse

text: features

text: within

text: its

text: relatively

text: small

text: area

text: Israel

text: 's

text: financial

text: and

text: technology

text: center

text: is

text: Tel

text: Aviv

text: while

text: its

text: seat

text: of

text: government

text: and

text: proclaimed

text: capital

text: is

text: Jerusalem

text: although

text: the

text: state

text: 's

text: sovereignty

text: over

text: the

text: city

text: of

text: Jerusalem

text: is

text: internationally

text: unrecognized

text: The Dead Sea (lit. Salt Sea), is a salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and Palestine to the west. Its surface and shores are below sea level, Earth's lowest elevation on land. The Dead Sea is deep, the deepest hypersaline lake in the world. With 34.2% salinity (in 2011), it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean, and one of the world's saltiest bodies of water. This salinity makes for a harsh environment in which plants and animals cannot flourish, hence its name. The Dead Sea is long and wide at its widest point. It lies in the Jordan Rift Valley and its main tributary is the Jordan River.

text: The

text: Dead

text: Sea

text: lit

text: Salt

text: Sea

text: is

text: salt

text: lake

text: bordered

text: by

text: Jordan

text: to

text: the

text: east

text: and

text: Israel

text: and

text: Palestine

text: to

text: the

text: west

text: Its

text: surface

text: and

text: shores

text: are

text: below

text: sea

text: level

text: Earth

text: 's

text: lowest

text: elevation

text: on

text: land

text: The

text: Dead

text: Sea

text: is

text: deep

text: the

text: deepest

text: hypersaline

text: lake

text: in

text: the

text: world

text: With

text: salinity

text: in

text: it

text: is

text: times

text: as

text: salty

text: as

text: the

text: ocean

text: and

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: world

text: 's

text: saltiest

text: bodies

text: of

text: water

text: This

text: salinity

text: makes

text: for

text: harsh

text: environment

text: in

text: which

text: plants

text: and

text: animals

text: can

text: not

text: flourish

text: hence

text: its

text: name

text: The

text: Dead

text: Sea

text: is

text: long

text: and

text: wide

text: at

text: its

text: widest

text: point

text: It

text: lies

text: in

text: the

text: Jordan

text: Rift

text: Valley

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text: its

text: main

text: tributary

text: is

text: the

text: Jordan

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