Mount Overthrow or Mount Overthrow ( Hebrew הר הקפיצה , Har Hakfitsa or Har Kedumim ; Arabic. جبل القفزة , literally. Mount Jump) - a mountain 397 meters high, located 2 km south of the modern center of Nazareth , Israel . This mountain, according to Catholic tradition, is the mountain with which the gospel story is connected about the attempt of the Jews to overthrow Jesus Christ from the mountain after His sermon in the Nazareth synagogue [1] . According to Orthodox tradition, the place of this event is on a nearby mountain [2] .
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| Absolute height | 397 m |
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| Region | Northern District of Israel |
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In Christianity
Luke gives the episode when Jesus Christ came to the Nazareth synagogue and began to read to the Jews a passage from the book of the prophet Isaiah about the coming of the Messiah ( Isa. 61: 1-2 ), saying that this prophecy had come true. After Jesus began to expose the Jews in disbelief to Him, “ everyone in the synagogue was filled with fury and, rising, drove Him out of the city and led to the top of the mountain on which their city was built to overthrow Him; but He, passing in the midst of them, withdrew ”( Luke 4: 28-30 ).
At least by the beginning of the 9th century, the mountain with which the Jews wanted to throw Jesus Christ began to be identified with the mountain, located 2 km south from the modern center of Nazareth ( Basilica of the Annunciation ).
According to the memorial note on the houses of God , compiled by decree of Charlemagne in 808, there was a monastery on Mount Overthrow dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The evidence of the monastery is the remains of inscriptions on the rock, fragments of ceramics of the Byzantine era [1] .
According to the apocrypha , Jesus Christ jumped down from the edge of Mount Overthrow into the Jezreel Valley and landed unscathed. Therefore, the crusaders called this place "Leap of the Lord." Catholic pilgrims mention this “leap” in the XIII and XIV centuries [1] .
In 2009, a natural amphitheater was created on the mountain, which became the venue for celebrations during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the Holy Land [1] .
According to Orthodox tradition, the mountain with which the Jews intended to overthrow Jesus Christ is closer to Nazareth, about 1 km south of the Basilica of the Annunciation. This mountain has a steep cliff about 40 meters deep [3] . On the top of this mountain with the funds of the Penza landowner Maria Kiseleva, a church was erected, consecrated in 1880 by Metropolitan Nazareth Nifont [4] . Subsequently, the church fell into disrepair, but was restored in 2009 [5] [6] . Catholics call this church the Church of Our Lady in Fear, because, according to Catholic tradition, the Mother of God stood in this place when angry Jews wanted to throw Her Son off the cliff of Mount Overthrow [6] [5] [7] . Protestants as an alternative venue for the gospel event offer a place near the Maronite Church of the Annunciation on the northern outskirts of Nazareth. There is a cliff about 15 meters deep. As a justification for such a choice, a considerable distance from Nazareth to Mount Overthrow is given, while other highlands were nearby [8] [9] .
Description
From the southern slope of Mount Overthrow, a panoramic view of the Jezreel Valley with Arab villages, Israeli kibbutzim and the city of Afula , Mount Tabor [10] opens. There is an observation deck at the top of the mountain. The mountain contains grottoes, but they are difficult to access [1] . There is a cave on the western slope of the mountain, in which 13 Neanderthal skeletons were discovered during excavations. The cave was used by monks in the VI century. It is currently closed to tourists [7] .
Gallery
View of the mountain from which, according to Greek Orthodox tradition, the Jews intended to overthrow Jesus Christ.
View of Mount Tabor from Mount Overthrow
View of the Jezreel Valley from Mount Overthrow
View of the Jezreel Valley from Mount Overthrow
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Mount Precipice. Sanctuary Nazareth // Custodia Terræ Sanctæ. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 22, 2017. Archived on October 8, 2018.
- ↑ Yuvachev I.P. Pilgrimage to Palestine. - M.: Direct Media, 2016 .-- S. 161.
- ↑ Professor A. A. Dmitrievsky . Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Nazareth and pilgrimage to the Galilee in March. Edition of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. St. Petersburg. 1909
- ↑ Golovina A.F. Great philanthropist. - Penza. 2003. - S. 46–48
- ↑ 1 2 Our Lady of the Fright (Mary's Fear) // Tourists in Israel. Encyclopedia for the Israeli Tourist & Tour Guides
- ↑ 1 2 Blinova L.N. Penza noblewoman Maria Mikhailovna Kiseleva - trustee of the Holy Land
- ↑ 1 2 Mount Precipice // Sacred Destinations
- ↑ Chad F. Emmett Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth, Issue 237. - University of Chicago Press, 1995. - P. 114
- ↑ E. Robinson, E. Smith . Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea. - 1841. - P. 187
- ↑ Nazareth. Jesus' Childhood Home. - P. 50–51
Links
- Mount Precipice. Sanctuary Nazareth // Custodia Terræ Sanctæ. (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment December 22, 2017. Archived on October 8, 2018.
- Mount Precipice // Sacred Destinations
- Blinova L.N. Penza noblewoman Maria Mikhailovna Kiseleva - trustee of the Holy Land