the Mountain of God

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The Mountain of God is a biblical mountain revered in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as the place where Moses encountered God and received the Ten Commandments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical mountain
religious site
alsoKnownAs Mount Sinai
surface form: Horeb

Mount Sinai
associatedText Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Books of Kings
surface form: Book of Kings

Quranic story of Musa
associatedWith Moses
candidateLocation Sinai Peninsula
Northern Arabia
surface form: northwest Arabia

Levant region
surface form: southern Levant
centralThemeIn Mosaic tradition
Mosaic covenant
surface form: Sinai covenant

giving of the Law
describedAs holy ground
sacred mountain
event Moses encountered God
burning bush theophany
revelation of the Ten Commandments
hasInfluenceOn Christian theology
Islamic tradition about Musa
Jewish law
hasPilgrimageTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
hasRole place of divine revelation
site of covenant between God and Israel
hasTitle the Mountain of God self-linksurface differs
surface form: “mountain of Yahweh” (in biblical tradition)
hasUncertainLocation true
languageOfName English
mentionedIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament

Quran
relatedConcept Ten Commandments
Revelation at Mount Sinai
surface form: Torah revelation

theophany
religiousTradition Exodus narrative
reveredIn Christianity
Islam
Judaism
symbolizes God’s presence
holiness
law and covenant
worshippedBy Christianity
surface form: Christians

Jews
Muslims

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Mount Sinai alsoKnownAs the Mountain of God
the Mountain of God hasTitle the Mountain of God self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: “mountain of Yahweh” (in biblical tradition)
Life of Moses interpretsEvent the Mountain of God
this entity surface form: ascent of Mount Sinai
Exodus 3 settingLocation the Mountain of God
this entity surface form: mountain of God, Horeb