the Ladder of Tyre

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• TYRE, LADDER OF — (Heb. סֻלַּם צוֹר; Sullam Ẓur), a steep road cut in steps which connected the territory of Acre with that of Tyre and formed part of the coastal road passing the twin capes of Rosh ha Nikrah (Ras en Naqura) and Rosh ha Lavan (Ras el Abyad) partly …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• SIMEON THE HASMONEAN — (called Thassis; d. 134 B.C.E.), the second son of mattathias . The origin of the name Thassis is obscure, and many conjectures have been put forward. Some think it is to be connected with the Hebrew toses (תּוֹסֵס, vigorous ) or tashush… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Church of the Holy Sepulchre — This article is about the church building in Jerusalem. For other uses, see The Holy Sepulchre (disambiguation). The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also called the Church of the Resurrection by Eastern Christians, is a church within the walled Old …   Wikipedia

• Jerusalem during the Crusader period — The Crusader period in the history of Jerusalem began with the conquest of the city by the Crusader army in 1099, during the First Crusade, as it is now known, Jerusalem became the capital of the kingdom for the crusading Christians, these events …   Wikipedia

• Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well) — The ruins at Jubb Yussef (“Joseph’s Well” in English, جُبّ يُوسِف in Arabic, גוב יוסף in Hebrew [http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%91 %D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3] ) in the Galilee are identified with the pit in Dothan, into which the… …   Wikipedia

• ACHZIB — (Heb. אַכְזִיב). The name may mean charming, delightful. (1) Ancient Canaanite harbor town north of Acre near the cliff called the ladder of Tyre. North of the village is a tell in which potsherds dating from and after the Early Bronze Age have… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• DAMASCUS — DAMASCUS, capital of Syria; in olden times a caravan center at an oasis in Southern Syria, on the principal crossroads between Mesopotamia Syria and Palestine Transjordan. In the Bible The name appears as דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammesek (but once as… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• HAIFA — (Heb. חֵיפָה), port in Israel and commercial and administrative center of the north of the country. The city extends over the northwest side of Mt. Carmel and the coastal strip at its northern slope, and over the southern end of the Zebulun… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• KEFAR ROSH HA-NIKRAH — (Heb. כְּפַר רֹאש הַנִּקְרָה), kibbutz in the Acre Plain, Israel, near the Lebanese border, on the slope of the Rosh ha Nikrah Ḥanitah ridge, affiliated to Iḥud ha Kevuẓot ve ha Kibbutzim. It was founded in 1949 by a group of Israeli born youth.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Hasmonean — Infobox Former Country native name = conventional long name = Hasmonean Kingdom common name = continent = Asia region = Levant country = era = Hellenistic Age status = Jewish theocracy government type = Jewish theocracy with priestly king year… …   Wikipedia

• Jonathan Maccabaeus — was leader of the Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea from 161 to 143 BCE. He is called also Apphus (Ἀπφοῦς (Syriac, image )) = the dissembler or the diplomat , in allusion to a trait prominent in him; 1 Maccabees ii. 5).Leader of the JewsJonathan… …   Wikipedia