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Kuntillet ʿAjrud: Pilgrim’s Roadhouse to Mount Sinai (Har Karkom)

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avondale-bepress.context-key35782551
avondale-bepress.submission-paththeo_papers/217
avondale.departmentScripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
avondale.facultyTheology
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorHurn, Deborah
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:35:59Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:35:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-01
dc.date.submitted2023-06-29T21:50:07Z
dc.description.abstract<p>In northeastern Sinai about 50 km (30 miles) south of Kadesh-Barnea lies the famous and mysterious Kuntillet ʿAjrud (c. 400 m asl), an Iron Age ruin yielding inscriptions mentioning Yahweh (the God of Israel), Teman, and Shomron (Samaria). Some scholars suggest it was a way-station for pilgrims to Mount Sinai. The ruin lies only 40 km from Har Karkom via an ancient trail through Wadi Quraya, compared to 200 km from Jebel Musa via several roads and regions. Its location in an agricultural floodplain at the crossroads of N-S/E-W Negev routes indicates that Kuntillet ʿAjrud was a monastery-type facility for Samarian pilgrims to Mount Sinai at Har Karkom.</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Hurn, D. (2021). Kuntillet ʿAjrud: Pilgrim’s Roadhouse to Mount Sinai (Har Karkom). Academia Letters, Article 427. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL427</p>
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.20935/AL427
dc.identifier.issn2771-9359
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/35782551
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.relation.ispartofAcademia Letters
dc.rights<p>Used by permission: Deborah Hurn</p> <p>Copyright &copy; 2021 Deborah Hurn</p>
dc.rights.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectKuntillet ʿAjrud
dc.subjectMount Sinai
dc.titleKuntillet ʿAjrud: Pilgrim’s Roadhouse to Mount Sinai (Har Karkom)
dc.typeJournal Article

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