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The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.
Israel is the Holy Land because it is where God interacted with His people. This is fact and history for nearly 2/3 of the world’s population (Jews, Christians, and Muslims). For Jews, the Holy Land has meaning because significant events in the course of God’s relationship with them occurred there.
The region generally encompassing territory from the River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, and from the Euphrates River in the north to the Gulf of Aqaba in the south, was considered the Holy Land by medieval Europeans.
The Holy Land Latin: Terra Sancta, Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;) or Holy Lands is a generic term that usually refers to one or more countries in the Middle East region of the world that witnessed the origins and early history of three of the world's great monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Map.
The Land of Israel ( Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: ʾEreṣ Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine.
It Is Called the Holy Land. In Hebrew the Land of Israel is Eretz Yisrael. It is also referred to as Eretz Hakodesh, “the Holy Land,” or Artzeinu Hakedoshah, “our Holy Land.”. This is because the very space is sacred, designated so by G‑d.
Holy places: the land of Israel and Jerusalem. The land of Israel, as is evident from the biblical narratives, played a significant role in the life and thought of the Israelites. It was the promised home, for the sake of which Abraham left his birthplace; the haven toward which those escaping from Egyptian servitude moved; and the hope of the ...
