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at the center of modern down-town
Jerusalem behind the
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687:"The Lev Yehuda project at the heart of the conflict"
828:"The glass vessels from the miqveh near Alon Shevut"
87:because it follows the watershed ridge line of the
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229:Roman milestone adjacent to the ritual baths near
890:"Roman Roads and Milestones in Judaea/Palaestina"
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52:) is an ancient north–south route traversing the
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713:. Wm. B. Eerdman's Publishing Co. p. 1133.
536:follows the ancient road with minor deviations.
645:The Road Home: Images for the Spiritual Journey
614:. Living University. 2011-02-19. Archived from
539:The ascent from Jaffa to Jerusalem through the
414:An important connection was "The Sunset Road" (
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203:for pilgrims on the Way of the Patriarchs near
395:Roads across the Way of the Patriarchs (blue):
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298:Greeks. It was there that Judah's brother,
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270:The Maccabees' Battle of Beth Zechariah
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789:"Early Roman Glass Vessels from Judea"
322:, leading up to the battle of Gibeah (
16:Transportation route in ancient Israel
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494:To the west of Shechem, the ancient "
379:, Keren HaYesod St., and finally the
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274:The Way of the Patriarchs passes by
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986:Austronesian maritime trade network
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218:on the Way of the Patriarchs near
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799:. Antwerp University Press: 167.
793:AIHV Annales of the 17th Congress
767:"The Roman Road System in Judaea"
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710:Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
543:is now duplicated by Route 412,
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1197:Archaeological sites in Israel
867:. Mosaica Press. p. 155.
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249:and Roman eras. Ritual baths (
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888:Israeli Milestone Committee.
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474:ascending from the Valley of
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62:Highway 60 (Israel-Palestine)
787:Katznelson, Natalya (2006).
671:way of the patriarchs route.
641:Juengst, Sara Covin (2002).
340:Jerusalem (today's Old City)
334:Route near ancient Jerusalem
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286:, possibly the site of the
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774:The Biblical Archaeologist
369:HaMashbir Department Store
314:The biblical story of the
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863:Kornbluth, Doron (2019).
441:. Today's eastern leg of
214:Interior of ritual baths
199:Entrance to ritual baths
1192:Ancient Israel and Judah
1182:Ancient roads and tracks
1156:Varangians to the Greeks
826:Goren-Rosen, Y. (1999).
288:Battle of Beth Zechariah
996:Dvaravati–Kamboja route
420:דֶּרֶךְ מְבוֹא הַשֶּמֶש
276:Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah
191:Archaeological findings
745:Jewish Virtual Library
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79:It is also called the
29:Road of the Patriarchs
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1161:Way of the Patriarchs
1071:Polynesian navigation
991:Canadian canoe routes
925:32.04750°N 35.28889°E
765:Roll, Israel (1983).
584:inside East Jerusalem
519:מַעֲלֵה בֵּית חוֹרוֹן
482:and turning north to
423:Derech Mevo HaShemesh
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387:East-west connections
316:Concubine of the Hill
245:and later during the
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33:Way of the Patriarchs
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1096:Sepik Coast exchange
608:"Major Trade Routes"
373:Ratisbonne Monastery
49:Way (of) the Fathers
1131:Trans-Saharan trade
1021:Incense trade route
921: /
741:"Sebaste (Samaria)"
403:4–Beit Horon Ascent
151:), passing through
1051:Maritime Silk Road
1046:Maritime republics
1026:Indian Ocean trade
930:32.04750; 35.28889
448:The "Red Ascent" (
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522:Ma'ale Beit Horon
454:מַעֲלֵה אֲדֻמִּים
139:Modern equivalent
93:Judaean Mountains
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928: /
582:Nablus Road
530:Beit Hanina
463:Joshua 15:7
431:Adam Bridge
381:Hebron Road
363:, crossing
353:French Hill
345:Beit Hanina
284:Alon Shevut
247:Hellenistic
143:The modern
85:Ridge Route
1176:Categories
1136:Trepanging
1081:Royal Road
981:Amber Road
916:35°17′20″E
913:32°02′51″N
896:2023-04-05
849:2011-11-08
812:2011-11-08
776:: 136–161.
751:2012-01-08
726:2013-03-14
693:2021-12-16
666:2013-03-14
622:2012-01-08
594:References
556:Highway 35
545:Highway 44
526:Josh 10:10
504:Highway 55
365:Jaffa Road
257:Milestones
231:Alon Shvut
220:Alon Shvut
205:Alon Shvut
145:Highway 60
107:by way of
1146:Via Maris
1106:Silk Road
1086:Salt road
1036:Kula ring
844:0792-8424
588:Via Maris
534:Route 443
513:Ascent" (
500:Kfar Saba
489:Highway 1
324:Judges 19
318:from the
185:Dhahiriya
173:Bethlehem
169:Jerusalem
129:Via Maris
117:Jerusalem
105:Beersheba
103:south to
81:Hill Road
58:Palestine
1091:Sea lane
1006:Hærvejen
566:See also
511:Bethoron
443:Route 57
338:Ancient
296:Seleucid
294:and the
290:between
165:Ramallah
149:bypasses
131:and the
89:Samarian
1202:Shechem
612:BibArch
560:Lachish
549:Route 1
439:Shechem
349:Shuafat
251:mikvaot
216:(mikve)
201:(mikve)
121:Ephrath
109:Shechem
97:Megiddo
83:or the
66:Abraham
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832:Atiqot
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515:Hebrew
502:and .
484:Gilgal
450:Hebrew
416:Hebrew
328:Gibeah
304:Elazar
243:Temple
181:Hebron
177:Halhul
161:Nablus
125:Hebron
113:Bethel
37:Hebrew
770:(PDF)
509:"The
496:Aphek
480:Debir
476:Achor
471:Judah
157:Jenin
153:Afula
101:Hazor
74:Jacob
70:Isaac
47:Lit.
869:ISBN
840:ISSN
801:ISBN
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547:and
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