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

Mount Nebo

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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.