| Jabal al-Lawz | |
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  Jabal al-LawzLocation in Saudi Arabia
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,580 m (8,460 ft) |
| Prominence | 1,622 m (5,322 ft) |
| Listing | Ultra |
| Coordinates | 28°39′15″N 35°18′21″E / 28.65417°N 35.30583°E / 28.65417; 35.30583 |
| Naming | |
| Native name | جَبَل ٱللَّوْز (Arabic) |
| English translation | mountain of almonds |
| Geography | |
| Location | Saudi Arabia |
Jabal al-Lawz (Arabic: جَبَل ٱللَّوْز) is a mountain located in northwest Saudi Arabia, near the Jordanian border, above the Gulf of Aqaba at 2,580 metres (8,460 feet) above sea level. The name means 'mountain of almonds'. The peak of Jabal al-Lawz, consists of a light-colored, calc-alkaline granite that is intruded by rhyolite and andesite dikes which generally trend eastward.
Between 1300 and 2200 meters elevation, Jabal al-Lawz has relict Mediterranean woodlands of Juniperus phoenicea, with an understory of Achillea santolinoides, Artemisia sieberi, and Astracantha echinus subsp. arabica.
In discussions about the location of biblical Mount Sinai, Jabal Maqlā ('Burnt Mountain') is often believed to be Jabal al-Lawz by various authors such as Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt, and Lennart Möller as shown by local and regional maps and noted by other investigators. In contrast to the real Jabal al-Lawz, the summit of Jabal Maqlā consists mainly of dark-colored hornfels derived from metamorphosed volcanic rocks that originally were silicic and mafic lava flows, tuff breccias, and fragmental greenstones. The middle and lower slopes of Jabal Maqlā consist of light-colored granite, which has intruded into the overlying hornfels. This is the same granite that comprises Jabal al-Lawz. Jabal Maqla is about 7 kilometers to the south, and a few hundred meters lower.
Claims made by some writers, including Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt, and Lennart Möller, that Jabal Maqlā, possibly identified as Jabal al-Lawz, is the real biblical Mount Sinai have been rejected by such scholars as James Karl Hoffmeier (Professor of Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology), who details what he calls Cornuke's "monumental blunders".
Remains both of pillars and cairns at the site have been described as "similar to rock cairns of uncertain use and often uncertain date found at other sites throughout northern and western Arabia."
See also
References
- ^ "Arabia and Mideast Ultra-Prominence". peaklist.org. 2006-02-18.
- ^ Hoffmeier, J.K. (2005). Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition. Oxford scholarship online. Oxford University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-19-803540-4.
- ^ Brown, Glen F.; Johnson, Robert F.; Trent, Virgil A. (1967), Geologic map of the Jabal al Lawz quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Directorate General of Mineral Resources, OCLC 367526278
- Ghazanfar, S.A.; Fisher, M. (2013). Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula. Geobotany. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-94-017-3637-4.
- Caldwell, J.; Caldwell, P. (2011). The Real Mount Sinai. Diamondhead, Mississippi: Split Rock Research Foundation.
- Jameson, J.H.; Ehrenhard, J.E.; Finn, C.A. (2003). Ancient Muses: Archaeology and the Arts. University of Alabama Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8173-1274-9.
- Allen Kerkeslager (1998). "Jewish Pilgrimage and Jewish Identity". In Frankfurther, David (ed.). Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt. Brill. p. 212. ISBN 978-9004111271. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
External links
- "Jabal al Lawz". Peakbagger.com.
| Hills and mountains on the Arabian Peninsula | |
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| Note: Mountains are sorted in alphabetical order, unless where it concerns ranges. The highest confirmed mountains in each country are indicated with 'HP', and those with the highest peak are indicated with 'HP', bearing in mind that in the UAE, the highest mountain and the mountain with the highest peak are different. Outcrops are indicated with 'OC', and outliers with 'OL', and anticlines with 'AC'. Volcanoes are indicated with 'V', volcanic craters with 'VC', lava fields with 'LF', and volcanic fields with 'VF'.
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