This article is about the biblical location. For other uses, see Moriah (disambiguation).
Map of Jerusalem in 1925, showing the location of Mount Moriah according to Jewish sourcesThe area around Mount Gerizim is identified by the Samaritans as the "land of Moriah", or "Moreh".
Moriah/mɒˈraɪə/ (Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה, Mōrīyya; Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ, Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Jews identify the region mentioned in Genesis and the specific mountain in which the near-sacrifice is said to have occurred with "Mount Moriah", mentioned in the Book of Chronicles as the place where Solomon's Temple is said to have been built, and both these locations are also identified with the current Temple Mount in Jerusalem.[1] The Samaritan Torah, on the other hand, transliterates the place mentioned for the binding of Isaac as Moreh, a name for the region near modern-day Nablus.[2] It is believed by the Samaritans that the near-sacrifice actually took place on Mount Gerizim, near Nablus in the West Bank.[3]
Many Muslims, in turn, believe the place mentioned in the first book of the Bible, rendered as Marwa in Arabic in the Quran, is actually located close to the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. There has been a historical account of rams' horns preserved in the Kaaba until the year 683, which are believed to be the remains of the sacrifice of Ishmael – the first son of Abraham, who most Muslims believe was the son Abraham tied down and almost sacrificed, and not Isaac.[4]
^Brant Pitre, John Bergsma. A Catholic Introduction to the Bible: The Old Testament, p. 415.
^"Bible Gateway passage: Deuteronomy 11:29–30 - New International Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
^Jacobs, Joseph; M. Seligsohn. "Moriah". Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
^Imam Farahi, Hamiduddin (November 1, 1995). "'The Great Sacrifice' (3)". Al-Mawrid. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
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