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Joseph's Tomb was to remain in Jewish hands, but in the early days of the 2000 terrorist offensive, that, too, was given up under fire. The Palestinian Authority promised to prevent damage to the site, but within a few hours a mob broke into the compound and destroyed everything.
By Levi Avtzon. The tomb of Joseph, painted by David Roberts in 1839. The Book of Genesis ends with the words “And Joseph died at the age of 110 and they embalmed him, and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.” And yet, Joseph is buried in Shechem (Nablus) in the Holy Land. How did he end up there?
According to the Bible, Joseph was embalmed and buried in a coffin in Egypt, after having his people swear to carry his bones away. [41] Later midrash identify his first entombment in a royal mausoleum, or as cast into the Nile.
According to the Bible, Joseph was embalmed and buried in a coffin in Egypt (Goshen/Avaris), after having his people swear to carry his bones away. Later midrash identify his first entombment in a royal mausoleum, or as cast into the Nile.
Although Jewish presence in the city endured for millennia, it all but vanished by the early 20th century. In 1996, Nablus was transferred to the Palestinian Authority, and in 2000, rioters vandalized Joseph’s Tomb, with multiple desecrations occurring ever since.
Apr 20, 2022 · On April 9, the shrine revered by Jews as the burial place of the biblical Joseph was vandalized by a Palestinian mob—and not for the first time. David Isaac traces the ancient and recent history of Joseph’s tomb, explaining why many Arabs are intent on destroying it and why Jewish pilgrims continue to visit despite the risks.
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Joseph’s descendants also remember Shechem as a place of covenant. While in Egypt, Joseph had made his sons swear they would bury him in the Promised Land (Genesis 50:25), and it was at Shechem that they fulfilled that promise (Joshua 24:32, Acts 7:15-16).
