Hermon [1] [2] , or Ash Sheikh [1] , also Hermon ( Arabic. جبل الشيخ - Jebel al-Sheikh [3] , literally. “Sheikh’s mountain”; Hebrew הר חרמון - Hermon ; probably comes from חרם [khem] - “ban”) - a mountain range in the Antilivan mountain range . The highest point - 2814 m above sea level - is also the highest point of all Antilivan. The length of the massif is about 60 km, the area is about 1000 km². Al-Sheikh is included in the catchment area of the three main sources of the Jordan River - Al-Hasbani , Dan and Baniyas .
| Hermon (Ash Sheikh) | |
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| Arab. جبل الشيخ , Heb. הר חרמון | |
 View of Mount Hermon (Ash Sheikh) from Mount Benthal | |
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| Absolute height | 2814 m |
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| Mountain system | Antilivan |
Located on the border of Syria and Lebanon and is under Syrian control. The southern slopes of Al Sheikh, declining, partially pass into the Golan Heights . Together with the Golan Heights, the southern slopes of Hermon were captured by Israel from Syria during the Six Day War of 1967 and proclaimed sovereign Israeli territory in 1981 under the Golan Heights Act . The annexation was invalidated by UN Security Council Resolution No. 497 . The top of Al-Sheikh was captured by Israel during the war of 1973 and returned to Syria in 1974 as a result of the agreement on the division of forces.
Hermon in Israel
Israel owns 70 km² of mountain range, which is about 7% of its total area. The highest point in Israel - 2236 m above sea level. Hermon is the highest mountain in Israel and the only place where you can engage in winter sports .
Most of the Israeli territory of Hermon is a nature reserve. Also there are four settlements: Neve Ativ , Nimrod , Majdal Shams and Ein Kinie .
For the defense of Hermon, the only unit of climbers in Israel was created, which in 1973 recaptured the Syrian summit of Hermon from the Syrian commandos that captured it [4] .
Hermon in Religion
Hermon is mentioned in the Old Testament : “At that time we took from the hands of the two kings of the Amorites this land, which is on this side of the Jordan, from the stream of Arnon to Mount Hermon - the Sidonians Hermon are called Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir” ( Deut. 3 : 8-9 ). The Old Testament Apocryphal Book of Enoch says that the angels, who wished to enter the daughters of men, cemented their intentions on this mountain: “And they went down to Ardis, which is the summit of Mount Hermon; and they called it Mount Hermon, because they had sworn on it and uttered another spell. ”( Book of Enoch 2: 1-6).
A number of modern theologians believe that Mount Hermon was a mountain of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ . For example, the author of the popular “Commentaries on the New Testament ”, William Barkley , has this opinion [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Lebanon, Israel // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 170. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .
- ↑ Hermon - article from the Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia
- ↑ Topographic maps of the General Staff
- ↑ At that time, the Syrian summit of Hermon was controlled by Israel
- ↑ Barkley Commentary on the New Testament Comments on the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 17