Gilgal ("overthrowing" ) - a toponym repeatedly found in different books of the Old Testament . The identity of the places referred to by Gigal in different books of the Bible is a matter of long debate.
Gilgal is most thoroughly described in chapters 4 and 5 of Joshua . This place, located east of Jericho [1] , was the first where the Israelites stayed after crossing the Jordan . To commemorate the wonderful passage across the river in Gilgal, a monument of 12 stones was built. The first Easter in the promised land was celebrated precisely in Gilgal. Before being transferred to Shiloh, there stood a tabernacle with the ark of the covenant .
Early Christian authors ( Eusebius , Jerome ) wrote that Gilgal is in ruins [1] . These ruins were also mentioned during the Crusades . It is not known how much the ruins that were later mistaken for Gilgal correspond to the Hebrew village.
Archaeologists call Gilgal, or Gilgal , a place on the west bank of the Jordan, 8 miles north of ancient Jericho, where excavations have been carried out since 1979 on the Neolithic settlement dating back to 10 thousand BC. e. [2] Of greatest interest are the repositories of seeds of fig, wild barley and oats, acorns, indicating the origin of agriculture .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Gigal // Biblical Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus . - M. , 1891-1892.
- ↑ Where's the historical Gilgal? , Ynetnews (December 26, 2006). Date of treatment November 14, 2017.