Holy Land

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historical region religious region sacred geography

The Holy Land is a historically and religiously significant region in the Eastern Mediterranean, revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the setting for many foundational sacred events.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Holy Land canonical 79
Holy Land of Israel 1
Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
religious region ⓘ
sacred geography ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
Holy Land ⓘ
surface form: Holy Land of Israel

Holy Land ⓘ
surface form: Terra Sancta
associatedWithEvent Exodus narrative (destination) ⓘ
Israelite conquest narratives ⓘ
Night Journey of Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Muhammad’s Night Journey (Jerusalem)

Prophetic ministries in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
early Christian church origins ⓘ
life of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithScripture Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
centralCity Jerusalem ⓘ
centralTo Christian theology ⓘ
Islamic sacred history ⓘ
Jewish theology ⓘ
contains Al-Aqsa Mosque ⓘ
Bethlehem ⓘ
Church of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ
Dead Sea ⓘ
Dome of the Rock ⓘ
Galilee ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Mount Sinai ⓘ
surface form: Mount Sinai (traditional broader sense)

Mount of Olives ⓘ
Nazareth ⓘ
Samaria ⓘ
Sea of Galilee ⓘ
Temple Mount ⓘ
historicalControlBy Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
Ancient Israelite kingdoms ⓘ
British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Crusader states ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
holyCityFor Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Western Asia
modernTerritoryIncludes Kingdom of Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

southern Lebanon ⓘ
surface form: Lebanon (southern parts)

Israel ⓘ
surface form: State of Israel

State of Palestine ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Syria (southwestern parts)
overlapsWith Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ
surface form: Land of Israel

Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Palestine (region)

Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Southern Levant
partOf Middle East ⓘ
pilgrimageDestinationFor Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christians

Jews ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
significantInReligion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (84)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baptism in the Jordan → hasLocation → Holy Land ⓘ
Nazareth → historicRegion → Holy Land ⓘ
The Innocents Abroad → setting → Holy Land ⓘ
Canaan → religiousSignificance → Holy Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible
Knights Hospitaller → regionOfActivity → Holy Land ⓘ
First Crusade → location → Holy Land ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → hasJurisdictionOver → Holy Land ⓘ
Holy Land → alsoKnownAs → Holy Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: Terra Sancta
Holy Land → alsoKnownAs → Holy Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: Holy Land of Israel
Basilica of the Annunciation → region → Holy Land ⓘ
Quaker City excursion of 1867 → destination → Holy Land ⓘ
Quaker City excursion of 1867 → visitedPlace → Holy Land ⓘ
Shepherds’ Field (nearby Beit Sahour) → heritageContext → Holy Land ⓘ
subject surface form: Shepherds’ Field
Carmelite Rite → originatedIn → Holy Land ⓘ
Third Crusade → location → Holy Land ⓘ
Syriac Catholic Church → primaryTerritory → Holy Land ⓘ
Tancred, or The New Crusade → setting → Holy Land ⓘ
Palestine → describedAs → Holy Land ⓘ
Crusades → primaryTheater → Holy Land ⓘ
Saint Helena of Constantinople → pilgrimage → Holy Land ⓘ
Second Crusade → location → Holy Land ⓘ
Onomasticon → regionDescribed → Holy Land ⓘ
Kingdom of Jerusalem → locatedIn → Holy Land ⓘ
Jerusalem cross → geographicAssociation → Holy Land ⓘ
Gesta Francorum → geographicFocus → Holy Land ⓘ
Patriarch of Jerusalem → jurisdiction → Holy Land ⓘ
Mount of Offence → heritageContext → Holy Land ⓘ
Robert I, Duke of Normandy → pilgrimageDestination → Holy Land ⓘ
Battle of Jaffa (1192) → hasLocation → Holy Land ⓘ
Holy Synod of Jerusalem → regionServed → Holy Land ⓘ
Jan van Scorel → traveledTo → Holy Land ⓘ
Clarel → setting → Holy Land ⓘ
Battle of Nazareth → locationOfSetting → Holy Land ⓘ
Crusader military orders → geographicScope → Holy Land ⓘ
Eretz HaKodesh → meaning → Holy Land ⓘ
Eretz HaKodesh → refersTo → Holy Land ⓘ
King of Jerusalem (titular) → linkedToRegion → Holy Land ⓘ
Promised Land → alsoKnownAs → Holy Land ⓘ
Saint Ranieri → livedIn → Holy Land ⓘ
Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem → pilgrimageCenter → Holy Land ⓘ
Pär Lagerkvist → notableWork → Holy Land ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Holy Land
Patriarchate of Jerusalem → territorialJurisdiction → Holy Land ⓘ
Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata → settingPlace → Holy Land ⓘ
subject surface form: Gerusalemme liberata
Nazareth Mountains region → culturalContext → Holy Land ⓘ
The Talisman → setIn → Holy Land ⓘ
Quaker City cruise → destinationRegion → Holy Land ⓘ
Quaker City → destinationRegionOfNotableVoyage → Holy Land ⓘ
Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land → regionServed → Holy Land ⓘ
Fifth Crusade → hasLocation → Holy Land ⓘ
Sixth Crusade → hasLocation → Holy Land ⓘ