Tomb of Joshua

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Tomb of Joshua
Kifl Hares, West Bank
Coordinates32°07′07″N 35°09′25″E / 32.118617°N 35.15695°E / 32.118617; 35.15695
TypeMausoleum

The Tomb of Joshua (

annual commemoration of his death,[2][3] 26th of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar.[4]

Significance

Judaism

According to the

Palestinian village of Kifl Hares,[5] while many place it at Khirbet Tibnah.[6][7]

Islam

Main article: Joshua § Traditional tombs

There are many local Islamic traditions locating the tomb of "Nabi Yusha'" ('Prophet Joshua') at various sites in Turkey (Joshua's Hill in Istanbul), Israel (Al-Nabi Yusha'), Jordan (near As-Salt), Iran (Isfahan), Iraq (Baghdad), and Lebanon (Miniyeh).

History

The mausoleum at Kifl Haris seen by Jews as the Tomb of Joshua, is known to Muslims as the

Arabic: مقام خادم صلاح الدين; Shrine of the Servant of Saladin).[3]

The current structure of the Shrine of Joshua is known to be an Islamic shrine built by Sultan Saladin, which contained on its wall an inscribed plaque stating that "Jawhar bin Abdullah is one of the servants of the shrine."

Ayyubid period.[3]

The shrine considered by Jews to be the tomb of Caleb is seen by Muslims to be the maqam of Prophet Dhu al-Kifl, from whom they consider the first part of the town's name to be derived.[3]

The third holy structure in Kifl Haris, standing at some distance[2] in the southwest of the town, is a large open shrine dedicated to Prophet Dhul-Nun, identified with Yunus (Jonah).[3] Jews see in it the tomb of Nun, the father of Joshua.[2]

Wafa Palestine News Agency reports that after the 1967 Six-Day War, the village shrines became a religious destination for Jews, with visits increasingly taking a political and Judaizing character.[3]

Archaeologists from

Timnath-serah, which according to the biblical book bearing his name, was given by the Israelites to Joshua.(Joshua 24:30) The tomb of Caleb is also believed to be at the site. Dror Raviv of Bar-Ilan University originally mapped the site in 2015, collecting fragments of pottery and documenting remains and burial caves that showed the existence of past Jewish settlement at the site.[8]

During the

October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Yossi Dagan, head of the Shomron Regional Council, accused Palestinians of using "ISIS-like methods" to root out Israel's connections to Jewish holy sites.[9]

References

  1. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 218 - 219
  2. ^ a b c "Tombs of Bible Hero Joshua Opened to Jews". Ezra HaLevi for Arutz Sheva Israel National News (online). 5 July 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "مقامات كفل حارس الإسلامية.. تزوير وتدنيس بالغطرسة" [The Islamic shrines of Kifl Haris: Forgery and arrogant desecration]. Alaa Mawqidi for Wafa Palestine News Agency. 18 Dec 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. Chabad-Lubavitch
    Media Center. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. ^ Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 460
  6. ^ Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 367
  7. ^ Schürer, E. (1891), p. 158, note 438.
  8. Jerusalem Post
    . 2022-07-28. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  9. Jerusalem Post
    . 2023-12-13. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

Bibliography

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