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The Memorial of Aaron:
Location: to the SW of the World Heritage Site of Petra – ca. 12 km by foot;
Ca. 1340 m above sea level – the peak of Jabal Haroun and the site of the weli;
The Monastery is located at ca. 1270 m, that is, ca. 70 m below the peak and ca. 150 m to its west;
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Aaron in the Bible:
Brother of Moses and Miriam;
Moses’ spokesperson;
Ancestor of the priestly Aaronites;
He and Miriam opposed Moses;
He and others rebelled against God at the waters of Meribah;
He, Hur, and Moses and the battle against the Amalekites;
Aaron and the “Golden Calf”.
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Biblical Texts on the Death of Aaron:
Numbers 20.22-29;
Deuteronomy 32.48-51;
Deuteronomy 10.6.
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Other Ancient Texts on the Death of Aaron:
Josephus (Antiquities);
Eusebius (Onomasticon) and Jerome (Book on the Sites and Names of Places of the Hebrews);
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Early Christian Presence at Petra and Jabal Haroun:
Galatians 1.17;
Churches at Petra (The American Center of Oriental Research):
The Church of Saint Mary (“Petra Church”) (late 5th-early 6th century) (Figs. 11.2-3);
The Ridge Church (6th century);
The Blue Chapel (late 5th-early 6th century)
Bishops attested at Petra;
The Urn Tomb at Petra made into a church (AD 446);
John Moschus (late 6th-early 7th century);
The Petra Papyrus (AD 573);
The Life of Saint Stephen the Sabaite;
Al-Mas`udi, an Arab historian;
The Crusader period;
Gilbert the Abbot.
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Islamic Tradition on Jabal Haroun:
Jabal Nabi Haroun (“Mountain of the Prophet Aaron”);
The presence of a Muslim shrine (weli);
Evidence from Medieval Jewish Literature:
List of Jewish tombs outside the Holy Land;
A place where Jewish patriarchs are buried outside the Holy Land (1537).
Bilingual Sign at the Bottom of the Stairs leading to the Muslim Shrine.
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Archaeology:
History of Exploration;
Peterman and Schick: Muslim Shrine, pre-existing church; and monastery below and to the west;
See Fig. 11.5, p. 216;
The Finish Jabal Haroun Project (FJHP);
See Fig. 11.6, p. 217;
Excavations of the Monastery of Saint Aaron at Jabal Haroun;
Fiema and Frosen, Petra – The Mountain of Aaron. Vol. I – The Church and the Chapel.
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Monastic Complex:
Church and Chapel;
See Fig. 11.6: Plan of the Monastery;
See Figs. 11.7-9;
The Western and Northern Areas;
See Fig. 11.6;
See Figs. 11.10-11;
Southern Western Quarter;
Central Court.