Mount Moriah

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Mount Moriah is the biblical mountain traditionally identified as the site where Abraham was prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac and later associated with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical location
mountain in the Bible
appearsIn Christian exegesis
Islamic tradition
Jewish liturgy
associatedWith Abraham
Akedah
First Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: First Temple

Isaac
Second Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: Second Temple

Solomon's Temple
Temple Mount
Jewish Temple
surface form: Temple in Jerusalem

Akedah
surface form: binding of Isaac
country Israel
describedIn Book of Genesis
Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
hasRole pilgrimage site in Jewish tradition
symbol of faith and obedience
HebrewName מוריה
languageOfName Hebrew
laterNameOrAssociation Har HaBayit
Temple Mount
locatedIn Jerusalem
mentionedInChapter 2 Chronicles 3
Genesis 22
partOf historic core of Jerusalem
religiousSignificance site of Abraham's test of faith
site of near-sacrifice of Isaac
traditional site of the Temple in Jerusalem
religiousTradition Christianity
Islam
Judaism
theologicalTheme covenant
divine testing
sacrifice
traditionalIdentification Mount Zion
surface form: Mount Zion area

Temple Mount
veneratedBy Christianity
surface form: Christians

Jews
Muslims

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