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Bethany was a village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, less than two miles (3 km) from Jerusalem, remembered by Christians as the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus in the New Testament. Bethany was the home of Simon the Leper. Jesus lodged there after his entry into Jerusalem, and it was from Bethany that he parted from his disciples. Christian sources give a meaning to the toponym, "house of dates", or "house of misery", but the Jewish Encyclopedia states: "The figs (Hebr., "te'enah"), which are also mentioned in the Talmud, probably gave the place its name." This entry incorporates text from the public domain Eastons Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897. ...
Jerusalem (Hebrew: , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic: , al-Quds (the Holy); official Arabic in Israel: أورشليم القدس, Urshalim-al-Quds (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names) is the capital and largest city[1] of the State of Israel with a population of 724,000 (as of May 24, 2006[2...
A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as Christ. ...
Mary anoints Jesus in Bethany in this icon. ...
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Resurrection of Lazarus by Juan de Flandes, around 1500. ...
John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ...
Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...
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Beth is a Hebrew combining form meaning house of. ...
The Jewish Encyclopedia was an encyclopedia originally published between 1901 and 1906 by Funk and Wagnalls. ...
Jerome asserts: "Bethany is a village at the second milestone from Aelia [Jerusalem], on the slope of the Mount of Olives, where the Savior raised Lazarus to life, to which event the church now built there bears witness" (Onomasticon, ccviii). The church Jerome mentions was the Lazarium. Bethany is not mentioned in the Old Testament but is frequently mentioned in connection with memorable incidents in the life of Jesus. (Matt. 21:17; 26:6; Mark 11:11, 12; 14:3; Luke 24:50; John 11:1; 12:1). John (xi. 18), in which the topography of Palestine is imperfect, places Bethany "nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs [3018 m] off". Jerome (ca. ...
NOTE: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the New Testament as a continuation or completion of the Jewish bible. ...
Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...
The place is today the place of the town El Azariyeh, the name meaning "Place of Lazarus" (Lazarium) in Arabic. The Catholic Encyclopedia reported in 1908 that the modern village was centered on the cave that was associated with the raising of Lazarus, which had become an early pilgrimage site, and that the site of the village mentioned in the New Testament was a little distance away, higher up on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives. For centuries nevertheless, visitors have been shown the house of Mary and Matha and of Simon the leper in the present location.
In 1138 Queen Melisende of Jerusalem, wife of King Fulk of Jerusalem, founded a cloister of nuns at Bethany, ruled by her sister, Ioveta, thenceforward "of Bethany". Sibylla, later Queen of Jerusalem was raised in the abbey, whose ruins have not been identified. Melisende died there in 1163; her step-daughter Sibylla of Anjou also died there in 1165. Melisende (1105 – September 11, 1161) was Queen of Jerusalem from 1131 to 1153. ...
Fulk of Anjou (1092 – November 10, 1143), king of Jerusalem from 1131, was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France). ...
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Ioveta (1120-c. ...
Top: Baldwin IV betrothes Sibylla to Guy; Bottom: Sibylla and Guy are married. ...
Sibylla of Anjou (c. ...
A place Bethany on the east bank of the Jordan River is mentioned in Gospel of John 1:28. Its exact location is unclear. This article is about the Jordan River and its valley in western Asia. ...
The Gospel of John is the fourth gospel in the canon of the New Testament, traditionally ascribed to John the Evangelist. ...
Bibliography - Aburish, Said K.: Children of Bethany: The Story of a Palestinian Family, Indiana University Press 1988. ISBN 0-253-30676-0
Said K. Aburish (Arabic: ‎) (born 1935, Bethany) is a Palestinian journalist and writer. ...
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