![]() ![]() Ceramics from the Byzantine period have also been found in Ein Karem. Excavations in front of the same church, which has at its core the cave which Christian tradition identifies as the birthplace of John the Baptist, have unearthed remains of two Byzantine chapels, one containing an inscription mentioning Christian "martyrs", but without any mention of John. Today, the statue is at the Rockefeller Museum. It is believed to date from the Roman era and was probably toppled in Byzantine times. Roman and Byzantine periods ĭuring excavations in the Church of Saint John the Baptist, a marble statue of Aphrodite (or Venus) was found, broken in two. A reservoir here was mentioned in the Copper Scroll, one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Second Temple period Ī well-preserved mikveh (Jewish ritual bath) indicates there was a Jewish settlement in the Second Temple period along with some other discoveries such as handful of graves, bits of a wall, and an olive press. Iron Age/Israelite period ĭuring the Iron Age, or Israelite period, Ein Karem is usually identified as the location of the biblical village of Beth HaKerem ( Jeremiah 6:1 Nehemiah 3:14). ![]() Pottery has been found near the spring dating to the Middle bronze age. ![]() History Ī spring that provides water to the village of Ein Karem stimulated settlement there from an early time. In Arabic, other than meaning "Spring of the Vineyard", it could be understood as well as "the Generous Spring". Another possible translation would be "Spring of Carem", if derived from an ancient Iron Age Israelite city called Carem, mentioned as a city in the dominion of the tribe of Judah in the Septuagint version of Book of Joshua. The name Ein Karem or Ein Kerem can be literally translated from both Hebrew and Arabic as "Spring of the Vineyard". 4.7 Other churches and religious institutions.Alongside its religious landmarks, Ein Karem is also known for its fine art, culinary, and musical scenes. It attracts three million visitors a year, one-third of them pilgrims from around the world. It has retained a very high-level of authenticity, its natural environment remains intact, and its old houses are still inhabited and preserved. Today, Ein Karem is a vibrant bohemian neighborhood of Jerusalem, with a population of 2,000 (2010). After the war it became, once again, a Jewish settlement. It was depopulated of its residents during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Probably because of its location between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, this location was a very comfortable one for a pilgrimage, and this led to the establishment of many churches and monasteries in the area.ĭuring the years of Ottoman and later British rule in Palestine, Ein Karem was a Palestinian Arab village. Christian tradition holds that John the Baptist was born in Ein Karem, following the biblical verse in Luke saying John's family lived in a "town in the hill country of Judea". It is the site of the Hadassah Medical Center.Įin Karem was an important Jewish village during the late Second Temple period, during which it became important to Christianity. "Spring of the Vineyard" in Arabic ʿAyn Kārim also Ain Karem, Ein Kerem) is a historic mountain village southwest of ancient Jerusalem, Israel, and now a neighborhood in the outskirts of the modern city, within Jerusalem District, Israel. Ein Karem ( Hebrew: עֵין כֶּרֶם, ʿEin Kerem lit. ![]()
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