Jacob of Nisibis
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Jacob of Nisibis, also known as Jacob of Mygdonia, Jacob the Great, and James of Nisibis, was a hermit, grazer and the bishop of Nisibis until his death.
Head reliquary of St. Jacob of Nisibis, Hildesheim
The newly excavated Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis.
Tomb of Saint Jacob of Nisibis of Church of Saint Jacob of Nisibis
Mount Judi
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Mount Judi is a mountain in Turkey. It was considered in antiquity to be Noah's apobaterion or "Place of Descent", the location where the Ark came to rest after the Great Flood, according to very earl
Jacob of Nisibis
…received visits from Sheria, bishop of Arbela (r. 304–316), according to the Chronicle of Arbela. It is stated in legend that Jacob resolved to climb Mount Qardu, traditionally believed to be the resting place of Noah's Ark, and recover a fragment of the ark upon hearing from the hermit Maroukeh that local people…
The mountain range, as seen from Şırnak in eastern Turkey
Cast of a rock relief of Sennacherib from the foot of the mountain, near Cizre
Depiction of Noah's ark landing on the mountain top, from the North French Hebrew Miscellany (13th century)
In 1909, Gertrude Bell photographed the ruins of a monastery on the summit of Cudi Dagh