Moriah

Moriah

Moriah (Hebrew: מוֹרִיָּה‎‎, Modern: Mōrīyya, Tiberian: Mōrīyyā, Arabic: ﻣﺮﻭﻩ‎, romanized: Marwah) is the name given to a mountainous region in the Book of Genesis, where the binding of Isaac by Abraham is said to have taken place. Jews identify the region mentioned is Genesis and the specific mountain in which the near-sacrifice is said to have occurred with "Mount Moriah", mentioned in the Book of Chronicles as the place where Solomon's Temple is said to have been built, and both these locations are also identified with the current Temple Mount in Jerusalem.Samaritans, on the other hand, believe that the near-sacrifice of Isaac took place on Mount Gerizim, in the West Bank. Muslims, on the other hand, believe the Moriah mentioned in the first chapter of the region, named Marwa in Arabic in the Quran, is actually located close to the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. There has been a historical account of rams' horns preserved in the Kaaba until the year 683, which are believed to be the remains of the sacrifice of Ishmael - the first son of Abraham, who most Muslims believe was the son Abraham tied down and almost sacrificed, and not Isaac.

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