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Oak of Mamre

Abraham's Oak in 1912.
Coloured postcard of "Abraham's oak", by Karimeh Abbud, circa 1925

The Oak of Mamre (‹See Tfd›Greek: ἡ δρῦς τῆς Μαμβρῆ, hē drys tēs Mambrḗ) or Oak of Sibta at Khirbet es-Sibte or Ain Sibta in Hebron in the West Bank is a site venerated by some as the "Oak of Abraham". It is distinct from the more ancient site of Mamre. It owes its name to an ancient tree, which seems to be dead but has a young sprig growing next to it, and stands on the grounds of the modern Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia's Church of the Holy Forefathers and Monastery of the Holy Trinity.

The old tree fell in 2019, but there are plans to preserve its trunk and sustain the growth of the young shoot.[1]

The site is located two kilometres (1.2 miles) southwest of Mamre (Hebrew: מַמְרֵא), historically near Hebron ("And Abram moved his tent, and came to dwell at the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron; and he built an altar there to יהוה"[2]) and now inside the city. Also called "The Oak of Abraham",[3] it is an ancient oak tree (Quercus coccifera) which, in one tradition, is said to mark the place where Abraham entertained the three angels[4] or where Abraham pitched his tent.

  1. ^ "Пророчество о конце света: в Хевроне рухнул Дуб Авраама // НТВ.Ru". February 10, 2019. Archived from the original on February 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Genesis 13:18". www.sefaria.org.
  3. ^ The Hebrew term Eloney Mamreh of Genesis 13:18 is considered by some translators to be a name of a region in Canaan. Other scholars dispute this and suggest that it is the reference to the terebinth trees of Mamre; or to the Oak of Mamre, which is now known as Abraham's Oak
  4. ^ New Challenge for Arafat: A Russian Church by Serge Schmemann for the New York Times, July 11, 1997.

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