Mount Thabor (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Barnabas Meistermann · 1913
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Description
Mount Thabor, called Itabyrion by the ancients and Jebel et Tur by the Arabs, stands out among Palestine's mountains. Its picturesque site, graceful outline, rich vegetation on calcareous rock, and splendid summit views set it apart. Nearly isolated and almost hemispherical, it rises 1,650 feet above the Plain of Esdraelon about five miles southeast of Nazareth.
Its summit forms an oblong plateau 3,000 feet long, commanding Hermon to the northeast, the Jordan Valley, the Lake of Tiberias and the ranges of Hauran, Bashan and Gilead. Tradition makes Thabor the mount of the Transfiguration, and the entry weighs that claim against Hermon. It traces its fortress history from Josephus through the Crusades, and describes the churches that crown it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Barnabas Meistermann |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |