The Memorial of Moses
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The Memorial of Moses
Mount Nebo
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3The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo
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6The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking NE)
7The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking NW)
8The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking SW)
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The Bible and Mount Nebo:
-The arrival of the Israelites in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah (Numbers 21.20, 33.47);
- The Israelite encampment in the “plains of Moab” (Numbers 22.1, 33.48-49);
- The story of Balak and Balaam (Numbers 22-24);
- Moses’ view of the land of Canaan, his death, and his burial (Deuteronomy 32.1-6; Deut. 34);
- The dispute about the body of Moses between the archangel Michael and Satan (Jude 1.9); and
- The concealment of the tabernacle, the ark and the altar of incense in a cave (2 Maccabees 2.4-8).
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Biblical Texts on Mount Nebo and Moses:
Numbers 21.20;
Numbers 33.47-48;
Deuteronomy 32.48-52;
Deuteronomy 34.1, 4-6;
Jude 1.9; and
2 Maccabees 2.4-8.
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Early Jewish and Christian Non-Biblical Texts on Mount Nebo:
Josephus;
Eusebius and Jerome;
Egeria;
John Rufus;
The Piacenza Pilgrim;
Master Thetmar; and
Pantaleao de Aveiro.
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The Memorial of Moses – The Archaeology:
Monastic presence at the site;
Work of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum at the site;
See website of Franciscan Archaeological Institute.
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Architectural History of the Memorial of Moses:
Nine main phases (see Textbook, pp. 121-25);
See Top plan (p. 122).
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20The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking N)
21The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo: Under Construction
22Apse of Basilica at Mount Nebo
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Interior of the Basilica at Mount Nebo
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The Memorial of MosesMount Nebo
Baptismal Area
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Baptismal FontThe Memorial of Moses
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Valley of `Uyun Musa (“Springs of Moses”):
27Pilgrimage Route from Jerusalem to Mount Nebo
28The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking SW)
29The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking W)
30The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking NW)
31The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo (Looking SW)
32The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo
33The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo: Typical Byzantine Period Cross
34The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo: Mosaic with Inscription
35The Memorial of Moses – Mount Nebo: Mosaic Fragment
36Mount Nebo Mosaic – in the site’s museum.