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- The Judaean Desertor Judean Desert (Hebrew: מִדְבַּר יְהוּדָה, romanized : Midbar Yehuda, both Desert of Judah
Judaean Desert
The Judaean Desert or Judean Desert is a desert in Israel and the West Bank that lies east of Jerusalem and descends to the Dead Sea. It stretches from the northeastern Negev to the east of Beit El, and is marked by natural terraces with escarpments. It ends in a steep escarpment drop…
or Judaean Desert; Arabic: صحراء يهودا, romanized : Sahraa' Yahuda) is a desert in Palestine and Israel that lies east of Jerusalem and descends to the Dead Sea.Kingdom of Judah
The Kingdom of Judah was an Iron Age kingdom of the Southern Levant. The Hebrew Bible depicts it as the successor to the United Monarchy, a term denoting the Kingdom of Israel under biblical kings Saul, David and Solomon and covering the territory of two historical kingdoms, Judah and Israel; however, historians are divided about the veracity of this account. For the parallel history of the southern King…
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The Judaean Desert lies east of Jerusalem and descends to the Dead Sea. The Judaean Desert stretches from the northeastern Negev to the east of Beit El, and is marked by natural terraces with escarpments. It ends in a steep escarpment dropping to the Dead Sea and the Jordan Valley. The Judaean Desert is … See more
Rock hyraxes and Nubian Ibex live on the desert plateau and the Dead Sea cliffs. Until quite recently, there were Arabian leopards in … See more
• The Monastery of Mar Saba, near Bethlehem
• The Monastery of Saint George of Choziba, near Jericho
• The Monastery of the Temptation on Jebel Quruntul, overlooking Jericho & the Dead Sea See moreBiblical references
According to the Hebrew Bible, David and his men fled into the Judaean Desert to hide from See moreThe Judaean Desert has been the site of many archeological discoveries. The Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient Jewish religious manuscripts dating from the 3rd century BCE to the … See more
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