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Mount Tabor and The Church of the Transfiguration

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Mount Tabor is the highest mountain in the area at 1,850 feet. From the large plateau on top there is a view of the Jezreel plain and Nazareth to the west, Samaria to the south, and the Galilee to the north. Mount Tabor has a long history. It is the site of the ancient border of the tribal lands for Zebulun, Issachar, and Naphtali (Joshua 19:22). Later, Mount Tabor featured in the story of the Judge Deborah as she led the
Israelites to victory over Canaanites (Judges 4:6). As far back as 5th and
6th Centuries, it has been recognized as the traditional site of Jesus’
Transfiguration before Peter James and John and where Moses and Elijah were seen talking with Jesus. The current Church of the Transfiguration was built in 1924 by Antonio Barluzzi on the ruins of a Byzantine and a Crusader church. It has a split level plan that incorporates an ancient crypt with a stairway down to it. The Upper Level, The Transfiguration, commemorates the divine nature of Christ. The Lower Level portrays the different manifestations of Christ’s humanity. There is a southern and a northern chapel dedicated to Elijah and to Moses. The Church is part of a Franciscan complex. Franciscan friars live in a monastery nearby the church. St. Elias, a Greek Orthodox Monastery, named after the prophet Elijah, is also on Mount Tabor.
Israelites to victory over Canaanites (Judges 4:6). As far back as 5th and
6th Centuries, it has been recognized as the traditional site of Jesus’
Transfiguration before Peter James and John and where Moses and Elijah were seen talking with Jesus. The current Church of the Transfiguration was built in 1924 by Antonio Barluzzi on the ruins of a Byzantine and a Crusader church. It has a split level plan that incorporates an ancient crypt with a stairway down to it. The Upper Level, The Transfiguration, commemorates the divine nature of Christ. The Lower Level portrays the different manifestations of Christ’s humanity. There is a southern and a northern chapel dedicated to Elijah and to Moses. The Church is part of a Franciscan complex. Franciscan friars live in a monastery nearby the church. St. Elias, a Greek Orthodox Monastery, named after the prophet Elijah, is also on Mount Tabor.
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