Mount of Olives

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biblical site hill mountain ridge religious site

The Mount of Olives is a prominent ridge east of Jerusalem that holds major religious significance, especially in Christianity and Judaism, as a site of biblical events and ancient Jewish cemeteries.

Aliases (7)

Church on the Mount of Olives ×1
Eastern Hill of Jerusalem ×1
Gethsemane ×1
Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives ×1
Mount Olivet ×1
Mount of Olives monasteries ×1
overlooks Hinnom Valley ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical site → hill → mountain ridge → religious site →
associatedWith	Christian eschatology → Jesus → Jewish eschatology → King David → prophet Zechariah →
cemeteryBurialsSince	First Temple period →
contains	one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the world →
country	Israel →
elevation	about 818 meters above sea level →
estimatedGraves	over 100000 →
eventSite	Agony of Jesus in Gethsemane → Ascension of Jesus according to Christian tradition → Jesus’ teaching about the end times → Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem → betrayal and arrest of Jesus →
hasAlternativeName	Har HaZeitim → Jabal az-Zaytoun → Mount Olivet →
hasPart	At-Tur neighborhood → Augusta Victoria compound → Chapel of the Ascension → Church of All Nations → Church of Pater Noster → Dominus Flevit Church → Garden of Gethsemane → Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives → Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene →
locatedIn	East Jerusalem → Jerusalem → Levant → West Bank →
mentionedIn	Book of Zechariah → Gospels → Hebrew Bible → New Testament →
nameOrigin	named for olive groves that once covered its slopes →
overlooks	Old City of Jerusalem → Temple Mount →
religionSignificance	Christianity → Islam → Judaism →
separatedFrom	Old City of Jerusalem by the Kidron Valley →
traditionalBelief	place where the Messiah will appear in some Jewish traditions → place where the resurrection of the dead will begin in Jewish tradition → site of Jesus’ return in some Christian traditions →
viewpointFor	panoramic views of Jerusalem →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hills of Jerusalem → Jerusalem → Mount of Olives ("Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives") →	hasPart
Dung Gate → Herod's Gate → Lions' Gate →	near
Mark 13 → Matthew 24 → Parable of the Fig Tree →	setting
East Jerusalem → Holy Land →	contains
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery → Golden Gate of the Old City →	faces
Arrest of Jesus → Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem →	hasLocation
Bethphage → Garden of Gethsemane →	locatedOn
Golden Gate of the Old City → Tomb of Absalom →	visibleFrom
Mount Scopus →	adjacentTo
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ("Mount of Olives monasteries") →	administersInstitution
Yehuda Leib Maimon →	burialPlace
Jerusalem liturgical tradition →	centeredOn
Saint Helena of Constantinople ("Church on the Mount of Olives") →	commissioned
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives →	depicts
Hills of Jerusalem ("overlooks Hinnom Valley") →	feature
Mount of Olives ("Mount Olivet") →	hasAlternativeName
Mount Scopus →	hasPanoramicViewOf
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery →	hasViewOf
Church of All Nations →	locatedIn
Gethsemane prayer →	locatedNear
Kidron Valley →	locatedNextTo
Kidron Valley ("Gethsemane") →	nearbyLandmark
Menachem Begin →	placeOfBurial
Valley of the Cheesemakers ("Eastern Hill of Jerusalem") →	relatedTo
Kidron Valley →	separates