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Jabal al-Lawz

Coordinates:28°39′15″N35°18′21″E/ 28.65417°N 35.30583°E/28.65417; 35.30583
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Jabal al-Lawz
Jabal al-Lawz is located in Saudi Arabia
Jabal al-Lawz
Jabal al-Lawz
Location in Saudi Arabia
Highest point
Elevation2,580 m (8,460 ft)[1]
Prominence1,622 m (5,322 ft)[1]
ListingUltra
Coordinates28°39′15″N35°18′21″E/ 28.65417°N 35.30583°E/28.65417; 35.30583[1]
Naming
Native nameجَبَل ٱللَّوْز(Arabic)
English translationmountain ofalmonds
Geography
LocationSaudi Arabia

Jabal al-Lawz(Arabic:جَبَل ٱللَّوْز) is amountainlocated in northwestSaudi Arabia,near theJordanianborder, above theGulf of Aqabaat 2,580 metres (8,460 feet) above sea level. The name means 'mountain ofalmonds'.[2]The peak of Jabal al-Lawz, consists of a light-colored, calc-alkalinegranitethat is intruded byrhyoliteandandesitedikeswhich generally trend eastward.[3]

Between 1300 and 2200 meters elevation, Jabal al-Lawz has relictMediterranean woodlandsofJuniperus phoenicea,with an understory ofAchillea santolinoides, Artemisia sieberi,andAstracantha echinussubsp.arabica.[4]

In discussions about the location ofbiblical Mount Sinai,Jabal Maqlā('Burnt Mountain') is often believed to beJabal al-Lawzby various authors such asBob Cornuke,Ron Wyatt,andLennart Mölleras shown by local and regional maps[3]and noted by other investigators.[5]In contrast to the real Jabal al-Lawz, the summit of Jabal Maqlā consists mainly of dark-coloredhornfelsderived frommetamorphosedvolcanic rocksthat originally weresilicicandmaficlava flows,tuffbreccias,and fragmental greenstones. The middle and lower slopes of Jabal Maqlā consist of light-colored granite, which hasintrudedinto the overlying hornfels. This is the same granite that comprises Jabal al-Lawz.[3]Jabal Maqla is about 7 kilometers to the south, and a few hundred meters lower.

Claims made by some writers, including Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt, and Lennart Möller, that Jabal Maqlā, possibly identified asJabal al-Lawz,is the realbiblical Mount Sinaihave been rejected by such scholars as James Karl Hoffmeier (Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology), who details what he calls Cornuke's "monumental blunders".[2][6]

Remains both of pillars and cairns at the site have been described as "similar to rock cairns of uncertain use and often uncertain date found at other sites throughout northern and western Arabia."[7]

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References

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  1. ^abc"Arabian peninsula and Middle East"Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  2. ^abHoffmeier, James KarlAncient Israel in SinaiOxford University Press USA 2005ISBN978-0-19-515546-4p133[1]
  3. ^abcTrent, V.A., and R.F. Johnson (1967)Geologic map of the Jabal al Lawz Quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 1:100,000.Mineral Investigation Map MI-13. United States Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, and Mineral Resources Research, Directorate General of Mineral Resources. Saudi Arabia.
  4. ^S.A. Ghazanfar, M. Fisher (2013).Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula.Springer Science & Business Media, Apr 17, 2013.
  5. ^Caldwell, J., and P. Caldwell (2011)The Real Mount Sinai.Split Rock Research Foundation, Diamondhead, Mississippi. 60 pp.
  6. ^Jameson, John H. John E. Ehrenhard, Christine FinnAncient muses: archaeology and the artsUniversity of Alabama Press (30 Jun 2003)ISBN978-0-8173-1274-9p.179[2]
  7. ^Allen Kerkeslager (1998)."Jewish Pilgrimage and Jewish Identity".In Frankfurther, David (ed.).Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt.Brill. p. 212.ISBN978-9004111271.Retrieved2015-12-29.
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