Gehenna
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Gehenna or Gehinnom is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.
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Valley of Hinnom 1948
Valley of Hinnom 2007
Second Temple period tombs in the Valley of Hinnom
Tophet
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In the Hebrew Bible, Tophet or Topheth is a location in Jerusalem in the Valley of Hinnom, where worshipers engaged in a ritual involving "passing a child through the fire", most likely child sacrific
Gehenna
…the border between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:8). According to the Bible, during the late First Temple period, it was the site of the Tophet, where some of the kings of Judah had sacrificed their children by fire (Jeremiah 7:31).. Thereafter, it was cursed by the biblical prophet Jeremiah…
Stelae in the Carthage tophet covered by a vault built in the Roman period
Stone marker from the tophet at Monte Sirai, Sardinia, with figural decoration