Bayt Lahm (Bethlehem)
بيت لحم
A place with a finely built church, which al-Idrisi says marks where Jesus was born; Rachel's tomb lies on the road, and it is about six miles from Jerusalem. 1
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Bethlehem: a place with a finely built church. al-Idrisi reports that it is the place where Christ was born, that the tomb of Rachel is on the road there, and that it lies about six miles from Jerusalem. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 362
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.362
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