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Nebi Safa

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Village in Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon

Nebi Safa Nabi Safa, An Nabi Safa', En Nabi Safa, Mazraet Selsata, Thelthatha
Village
The temple ruins at Nebi Safa, ca 1851, byvan de Velde

Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Beqaa Governorate
District	Rashaya District

Nebi Safa
History
Shown within Lebanon
Alternative name	Nabi Safa, An Nabi Safa', En Nabi Safa, Thelthatha
Location	13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west ofRashaya
Cultures	Roman
Site notes
Condition	Ruins
Public access	Yes

Nebi Safa,Nabi Safa,Neby Sufa,An Nabi Safa,An Nabi Safa' orEn Nabi Safa also known asMazraet Selsata orThelthatha is avillage in theKfar Mishki municipality situated 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west ofRashaya in theRashaya District of theBeqaa Governorate inLebanon.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The village is situated in a gap in a ridge overlooking theWadi Al-Taym between theMerj Shemiseh and is predominantly occupied byDruze.^[4] It was visited byEdward Robinson in 1852, who noted twosarcophagi (roman temples) in the area.^[5]

Roman temple

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There are the ruins of aRoman temple in the village that is included in a group ofTemples of Mount Hermon. It is larger than the one atHebbariye, measuring 72 feet (22 m) long (from east to west) and 35 feet (11 m) wide (from north to south). It faces east with a commanding aspect towardsMount Hermon.^[5] It was noted that the view"of Hermon from this point is imposing beyond the power of language to express".^[6] George Taylor noted that the doorway of the temple was at least thirty degrees offset from the peak.^[7] The stone blocks used to make the temple were around 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, not as large as those at Hebbariye and with a lighterentablature of 4.5 feet (1.4 m). It feature an elegantpediment with graceful architecture. Only the northern wall remains standing withpilasters in the northeast corner. The east entrance featured 3 feet (0.91 m) thick columns that possibly formed aportico.^[5] At the west end of the temple is analtar with stairs leading down to an underground chamber or crypt that runs for the length of the temple.^[7] Thirteen courses of stones were recorded by Robinson to a height of 43.5 feet (13.3 m).^[5]

The site was suggested to have been used by theDruze as ashrine to aprophet calledSafa, who was descended fromJacob and whose people lived towardsHebron andJerusalem. Little record of the prophet Safa remains, although it was said that "The honourable body is there, and the spirit is always to be found there. Any day that a man seeks him he will find him, it depends on his faith."^[4]

References

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^Brown, J.; Meyers, E.; Talbert, R.; Elliott, T.; Gillies, S."Places: 678302 (Nebi Safa)". Pleiades. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2012.
^Daniel M. Krencker; Willy Zschietzschmann (1938).Römische Tempel in Syrien: nach Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen von Mitgliedern der Deutschen Baalbekexpedition 1901–1904, Otto Puchstein, Bruno Schulz, Daniel Krencker. W. de Gruyter & Co. Retrieved17 September 2012.
^Ted Kaizer (2008).The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. BRILL. pp. 78–.ISBN 978-90-04-16735-3. Retrieved19 September 2012.
^^a ^bSamuel Curtiss (30 January 2005).Primitive Semitic Religion Today. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 83–.ISBN 978-1-4179-7346-0. Retrieved19 September 2012.
^^a ^b ^c ^dE. ROBINSON (1856).Biblical Researches in Palestine and the adjacent regions: a journal of Travels in the years 1838 and 1852. Murray. pp. 426–. Retrieved19 September 2012.
^Charles Wilson (3 June 2010).Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Sophia Perennis et Universalis.ISBN 978-1-59731-459-6. Retrieved19 September 2012.
^^a ^bGeorge Taylor (1971).The Roman temples of Lebanon: a pictorial guide. Les temples romains au Liban; guide illustré. Dar el-Machreq Publishers. Retrieved19 September 2012.

Bibliography

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Warren, C.;Conder, C.R. (1884).The Survey of Western Palestine: Jerusalem. London:Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p.491 ff)

External links

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