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Peace forest is a forest in South - Southeast
Harley Stark, "Jerusalem, Ya‘ar Ha-Shalom Final Report", Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Journal 118
Forests of Israel Parks in Jerusalem {{coord, 31, 45, 26, N, 35, 13, 50, E, region:IL_type:landmark_source:kolossus-hewiki, display=title
Peace forest is a forest in South - Southeast Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
, Israel, between the Abu Tor
Abu Tor, also Abu Thor or ath-Thori, ( ar, أبو طور or الثوري, he, אבו תור; lit. Arabic meaning "Father of the Bull"; In Hebrew also called גבעת חנניה (Giv'at Hanania), lit. "Hananiah's hill") is a mixed Jewish and Arab ...
neighbourhood and the Sherover Promenade.
The Peace Forest was planted on a site identified with the biblical Azal river mentioned in the book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah, attributed to the Hebrew prophet Zechariah, is included in the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible.
Historical context
Zechariah's prophecies took place during the reign of Darius the Great and were contempora ...
(Zechariah 14:5). There are a number of graves of the Second Temple
The Second Temple (, , ), later known as Herod's Temple, was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem between and 70 CE. It replaced Solomon's Temple, which had been built at the same location in the United Kingdom of Israel before being inherited ...
era found in the Peace Forest, some of which have Hebrew inscriptions on them. In 1990, a grave with an Aramaic inscription "Joseph, son of Caiaphas" was found in the Peace Forest, which probably belongs to the High priest Caiaphas
Joseph ben Caiaphas (; c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD), known simply as Caiaphas (; grc-x-koine, Καϊάφας, Kaïáphas ) in the New Testament, was the Jewish high priest who, according to the gospels, organized a plot to kill Jesus. He famously p ...
(see Caiaphas ossuary).
The Peace Forest also contains remains of an aqueduct which supplied Jerusalem with water at a time of the Second Temple
The Second Temple (, , ), later known as Herod's Temple, was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem between and 70 CE. It replaced Solomon's Temple, which had been built at the same location in the United Kingdom of Israel before being inherited ...
.
See also
*List of forests in Israel
The forests of contemporary Israel are mainly the result of a massive afforestation campaign by the Jewish National Fund (JNF). This article is a list of these forests.
In the 19th century and up to World War I, the Ottoman Empire cleared the l ...
*Tourism in Israel
Tourism in Israel is one of Israel's major sources of income, with a record 4.55 million tourist arrivals in 2019, and, in 2017, contributed NIS 20 billion to the Israeli economy making it an all-time record. Israel offers a plethora of historica ...
References
Harley Stark, "Jerusalem, Ya‘ar Ha-Shalom Final Report", Excavations and Surveys in Israel, Journal 118
Forests of Israel Parks in Jerusalem {{coord, 31, 45, 26, N, 35, 13, 50, E, region:IL_type:landmark_source:kolossus-hewiki, display=title