Collections | Travelling | Religious tourism and pilgrimage | Jewish pilgrimage [8 Objects]

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Hebron

1835

Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Authority

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

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According to the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, the Sanctuary at Hebron houses the graves of Abraham, his wife Sarah, and their family. Among the Jewish community, it is the second holiest site after the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem.

Hebron

1835

Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Authority

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

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Jerusalem, al-Haram al-Sharif, Dome of the Rock

1842–1844

National Library of France

Paris, France

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An early 19th-century photograph of the Dome of the Rock showing the mighty foundations and surrounding wall of the original Jewish Temple Precinct, the most holy location for adherents of the Jewish faith the world over.

Jerusalem, al-Haram al-Sharif, Dome of the Rock

1842–1844

National Library of France

Paris, France

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Jews’ Place of Wailing, Jerusalem

1840s / early 1850s

Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Department

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

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The picture depicts the faithful at the Wailing Wall, the most sacred of sites according to Judaism. Situated at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, Jewish pilgrims, who have converged on this site for centuries, offer prayers and commemorate the destruction of the First Temple in 70 BCE.

Jews’ Place of Wailing, Jerusalem

1840s / early 1850s

Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Department

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

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The Samaritan Pentateuch

1866

The British Library

London, United Kingdom

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The Samaritan Pentateuch

1866

The British Library

London, United Kingdom

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The Approach to Nablus (Shechem)

Published 1881–1884

Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Department

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

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This 19th-century image shows the approach to Nablus, believed to be the city of Shechem at that time, the first capital of the Kingdom of Israel according to the Bible, situated in the vicinity of several important Abrahamic sites.

The Approach to Nablus (Shechem)

Published 1881–1884

Sharjah Art Museum / Sharjah Museums Department

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (Sharjah)

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The Tomb of Rachel

1893

The British Library

London, United Kingdom

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The Tomb of Rachel

1893

The British Library

London, United Kingdom

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