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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain, 851 m (2,792 ft) high, of northern Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar. With Gibraltar it forms the so-called Pillars of Hercules.
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- noun a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules
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The Jebel Musa, which is usually regarded as the Holy Mountain, is 7,363 feet high; but even
Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing Oliver Optic 1859
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The famous "Mt. Sinai," called Jebel Musa, in the southern Sinai Peninsula is known from Christian, not Jewish, tradition.
Latest Articles 2010
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The famous "Mt. Sinai," called Jebel Musa, in the southern Sinai Peninsula is known from Christian, not Jewish, tradition.
Latest Articles Beliefnet 2010
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Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now called Jebel Musa or Ape's Hill, forming the Northwestern extremity of the African coast opposite Gibraltar (See Pillars of
The Age of Chivalry Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now called Jebel Musa or Ape's Hill, forming the Northwestern extremity of the African coast opposite Gibraltar (See Pillars of
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now called Jebel Musa or Ape's Hill, forming the Northwestern extremity of the African coast opposite Gibraltar (See Pillars of
Legends of Charlemagne Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now called Jebel Musa or Ape's Hill, forming the Northwestern extremity of the African coast opposite Gibraltar (See Pillars of
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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And in the mountains around Jebel Musa and the Saint Catherine monastery there are other remains, of ancient, isolated monasteries with churches, hermit cells, and water installations.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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Towering over the monastery is the peak of Jebel Musa “the Mountain of Moses” in Arabic, which was identified, as early as the Byzantine period, with Mount Sinai.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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Towering over the monastery is the peak of Jebel Musa “the Mountain of Moses” in Arabic, which was identified, as early as the Byzantine period, with Mount Sinai.
The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001
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