Beth Alpha
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Beth Alpha is an ancient former Jewish synagogue, located at the foot of the northern slopes of the Gilboa mountains near Beit She'an, in the Northern District of Israel. The synagogue was completed i
Entrance to the former synagogue national park, in 2010
Dedicatory Inscriptions
Panorama of Nave Mosaics
Binding of Isaac
Isaac
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Isaac is the second Hebrew patriarch in Judaism and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Samaritanism, Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and Rastafari. Isaac first appears in
Beth Alpha
…In the center, God, symbolized by the small fire- encircled hand appearing in the upper center, instructs Abraham to sacrifice a nearby ram instead of Isaac. The hand of God is aptly labeled with "al tishlah" or "do not raise", taken from God's command to the angel that Abraham not "raise his hand against…
Detail of Isaac from Isaac Blessing Jacob (1637) by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
The birth of Esau and Jacob, as painted by Benjamin West
Tomb in the Cave of the Patriarchs, Hebron