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Al-Maghtas (Arabic: المغطس, meaning ' baptism ' or ' immersion '), officially known as Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the original location of the Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist and venerated as such since at least the Byzantine period. [1]
Map of Jordan. The history of Jews in Jordan can be traced back to Biblical times. [citation needed] Presently, there are no legal restrictions on Jews in Jordan, and they are permitted to own property and conduct business in the country, but in 2006 there were reported to be no Jewish citizens of Jordan, [1] nor any synagogues or other Jewish institutions.
New Testament places associated with Jesus. The New Testament narrative of the life of Jesus refers to a number of locations in the Holy Land and a Flight into Egypt. In these accounts the principal locations for the ministry of Jesus were Galilee and Judea, with activities also taking place in surrounding areas such as Perea and Samaria. [ 1]
Qasr al-Yahud ( Arabic: قصر اليهود, lit. "The citadel of the Jews", [3] Hebrew: קאסר אל יהוד ), also known as Al-Maghtas, [1] is the western section of the traditional site of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist on the Jordan River ( Matthew 3:13–17 ). It has also been traditionally identified with two episodes from ...
Jordan contains one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, their presence dating back to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ early in the 1st century AD. Christians today make up about 3% of the population. Jordanian Christians in a country of almost 10 million are thought to number 250,000-400,000, [ 1] down from 20% in 1930, but their ...
The belief that Jesus is God, the Son of God, or a person of the Trinity, is incompatible with Jewish theology. Jews believe Jesus did not fulfill messianic prophecies that establish the criteria for the coming of the messiah. [ 7] Judaism does not accept Jesus as a divine being, an intermediary between humans and God, a messiah, or holy.
t. e. Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Jordan. Muslims make up about 97.2% of the country's population. [ 1][ 2] A few of them are Shiites. Many Shia in Jordan are refugees from Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. [ 3]
World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern Europe; around 3.5 million in the former Polish provinces. 1881–1884, 1903–1906, 1918–1920. Three major waves of pogroms kill tens of thousands of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. More than two million Russian Jews emigrate in the period 1881–1920.