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Mount Serbal (Arabic: Jebel Serbal, جبل سربال) is a mountain located in Wadi Feiran in southern Sinai. At 2,070 metres (6,791 ft) high, it is the fifth highest mountain in Egypt. It is part of the St. Catherine National Park. It is thought by some to be the Biblical Mount Sinai. Among others this was claimed by Ludwig Schneller, because it fits best with the biblical tradition taking into account the route and speed of the Israelites and the surroundings of the mountain, as Rephidim is identified with Wadi Feiran.[1]

There were many granite dwellings on Mount Serbal which were inhabited by anchorites in early Christian times, and there are traces of a fourth-century monastery close to its base.[2] It is likely that the many inscriptions (some in Greek) found on rocks at the foot of Mount Serbal and the path up to its peak date from these times. One spot on the path is called Mokatteb, or the valley of writing.[3]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sinai". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Further reading

• Ned H. Greenwood (1997-06-01). The Sinai: A Physical Geography. University of Texas Press. pp. 12, 39–43. ISBN 0-292-72799-2.
• Saint Katherine city

На других языках

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- [en] Mount Serbal

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[it] Monte Serbal

Il monte Serbal (in arabo, Jebel Serbal) è una montagna locata nella valle del Wadi Feiran nel sud della penisola del Sinai. Alta 2070 metri, è la quinta più alta montagna d'Egitto e fa parte del Parco nazionale di santa Caterina. Alcuni pensano che sia il monte Sinai biblico. Tra gli altri questo assunto è stato rivendicato da Ludwig Schneller, perché si adatta meglio alla tradizione biblica tenendo conto della rotta e della velocità degli Israeliti e dei dintorni della montagna, poiché Rephidim è identificato con la valle del Wadi Feiran.[1]

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[ru] Сербаль

Джабал-Сирбал (Гора Сербал) — гора на юге Синайского полуострова, высотой — 2070 м. Четвëртая по высоте гора в Египте. Расположена на территории Национального парка Святой Екатерины в мухафазе Южный Синай (Египет).

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