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Encyclopedia Britannica



MORIAH

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 836 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOL-MOS
MORIAH , an obscure place-name of ancient Palestine with apparently two distinct connotations. (1) A land entirely unknown, on a mountain in which Abraham offered Isaac (Gen. xxii. 2). The text is probably corrupt: some have suggested " land of the
Amorites
 ," others " land of
Midian
 ." The etymology of the word is equally obscure. Traditionally, of course, " the land of Moriah " is identified with the site of the Temple at Jerusalem,' except by the
Samaritans
  and a few western scholars (such as Dean
Stanley
 ) who accept their belief that the mountain was
Gerizim
 . (2) The upper part of the hill of Ophel, the threshing floor of Araunah, upon which Solomon erected the Temple, is once called
Mount
  Moriah (2 Chron. iii. 1). Whether this name be derived from the corruption in
Genesis
  or not cannot be definitely decided; it very likely is. The testimony of Josephus, who often names the temple hill " Moriah," is of course not
original
 , and of no
weight
 . (R. A. S. M.)


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