land of Moriah

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biblical region religious site

The land of Moriah is the biblical region traditionally associated with Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac and later identified with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Purchase of Araunah’s threshing floor	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical region ⓘ religious site ⓘ
associatedWith	Abraham ⓘ Akedah ⓘ Isaac ⓘ Akedah ⓘ surface form: binding of Isaac
category	Biblical places ⓘ Holy sites in Christianity ⓘ Holy sites in Judaism ⓘ Locations in the Abraham and Isaac narrative ⓘ
commandedBy	God ⓘ
connectedTo	Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ surface form: Second Temple (traditional view) Solomon's Temple ⓘ surface form: Solomon’s Temple (traditional view) Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
describedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ
eventLocationOf	Akedah ⓘ surface form: Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac
hasAlternativeForm	Moriah ⓘ
hasSignificance	foundational site for Jerusalem Temple traditions ⓘ site of Abrahamic covenant testing ⓘ symbol of obedience and faith ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme	covenant ⓘ divine provision ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ
hasUncertainExactLocation	true ⓘ
identifiedBy	Christian tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ many biblical scholars ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
laterIdentifiedWith	Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Jerusalem Temple site Mount Moriah ⓘ Temple Mount ⓘ
locatedIn	ancient Israel (traditional identification) ⓘ
mentionedIn	Genesis 22 ⓘ
relatedPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ Temple Mount ⓘ surface form: Temple Mount in Jerusalem
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative	prototype location for later temple worship (traditional interpretation) ⓘ setting of God’s test of Abraham ⓘ
textualSource	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
viewedAs	holy place in Abrahamic religions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Akedah → associatedPlace → land of Moriah ⓘ

2 Samuel → containsEvent → land of Moriah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Purchase of Araunah’s threshing floor

Binding of Isaac → hasSetting → land of Moriah ⓘ