Mount Zion
| Mount Zion | ||
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| height | 765 m | |
| location | Jerusalem , Israel | |
| Coordinates | 31 ° 46 '18 " N , 35 ° 13' 43" E | |
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The Mount Zion or Mount Zion ( Hebrew הר צִיּוֹן Har Zijon ; Arabic جبل صهيون, DMG Ǧabal Ṣuhyūn ; English "Mount Zion") is a hill in Jerusalem southwest of the old city wall.
The name refers to the Zion , originally a tower castle of the Jebusites , then the city of David , who built this castle around 1000 BC. Chr. Conquered, since the time of Solomon called the Temple Mount and from then on the whole Temple City Jerusalem. It was transferred to another Jerusalem hill and was retained because it was believed to be the ancient Davidic city there since the Middle Ages.
So today's Mount Zion is not identical with the biblical place Zion and the Temple Mount. On it are the Dormition Abbey , David's grave, the Catholic cemetery with the grave of Oskar Schindler , the Essen Gate and other historical sites.
Web links
- The cemeteries on Mount Zion
- Excavations of the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies of the Holy Land
- University of North Carolina excavations
- Zion and Zion Theology
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Paganini, Annett Giercke-Ungermann: Zion / Zionstheologie. May 2013, permanent link to the article: https://www.bibelwissenschaft.de/de/stichwort/35418/ point 1.3.4. Southwest hill