A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A cult of sacred places in the landscape has existed in Palestine1 since time immemorial, as attested to in a wide variety of historical, archaeological and literary sources, both ancient and modern. A sacred place is a physical location that has become mythical — that is to say, a site that has formed around a sacred object and is of a wholly different order from natural realities, denoting a manifestation of the sacred.2 In Hebrew, the word maqom, meaning ‘place’ incorporates all these connotations, from physical site or location in space to sanctity and metaphorical reference to God.
A cult of sacred places in the landscape has existed in Palestine1 since time immemorial, as attested to in a wide variety of historical, archaeological and literary sources, both ancient and modern. A sacred place is a physical location that has become mythical — that is to say, a site that has formed around a sacred object and is of a wholly different order from natural realities, denoting a manifestation of the sacred.2 In Hebrew, the word maqom, meaning ‘place’ incorporates all these connotations, from physical site or location in space to sanctity and metaphorical reference to God.
Sacred trees — Holy land
Lissovsky, Nurit (author)
2004-01-01
25 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
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