On the Development of Christian Cult Sites on Tombs of the Second Temple Period

Segni, Leah Di

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“…Perhaps it was originally associated with Isis, and was only later -with increasing Christian influence -'re-invented' as belonging to Aaron. Such identifications (or inventiones) of pagan sacred sites as the tombs of Biblical characters or Christian martyrs -typically involving a dream, in which the location of the tomb was revealed to a monk, and an 'excavation', in which the existence of a burial was confirmed -were certainly commonplace in Late Antiquity (di Segni 2007). 11 Inventiones seem to have been especially common between the late fourth and the mid-fifth century, and were widespread to the point of arousing concern among some Christian writers that the Church was in a danger of losing its credibility among contemporaries (Di Segni 2007, 381-2).…”

Section: The Nabataean Cult Of Jabal Haroun: a Hypothesismentioning

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From Goddess to Prophet: 2000 Years of Continuity on the Mountain of Aaron near Petra, Jordan

Lahelma

Fiema

2008

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The Mountain of Aaron (Jabal Haroun) near the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, is the traditional burial place of the Old Testament prophet and a site considered sacred by the three world religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Since 1997, a Finnish archaelological project has been investigating the mountain through the excavations of a Byzantine pilgramage complex on its high plateau and an intensive survey of its surroundings. In the course of the excavations, it has become clear that the Byzantine structures were preceded by a monumental building, probably a temple of the Nabataean-Roman period. Moreover, already in the pre-Christian period a pilgrim route probablty led from central Petra to Jabal Haroun. The article explores the history and archaeology of Jabal Haroun, which shows a remarkable degree of continuity and opens up the prospect that the local folk tradition may preserve elements of Nabataean religion. Using contemporary rituals and beliefs associated with the mountain as a reference point, we suggest that the pre-Christian 'deity of Jabal Haroun' can be identified as the Nabataean goddess al-'Uzza.

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Section: The Nabataean Cult Of Jabal Haroun: a Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%