Gehenna

Also known as Palestine, Palestina, فلسطين

Gehenna ( ; ) or Gehinnom ( or ) is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.

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Valley.name: Gehenna
Valley.other_name: GehinnomValley of Hinnom
Valley.photo: 11-3000-115 גיא בן הינום 5.jpg
Valley.map: Jerusalem
Valley.map_size: 180
Valley.map_caption: Location in Jerusalem, south of Mount Zion
Valley.city: Jerusalem
Valley.watercourses: Gey Ben Hinnom Stream

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Instance of: Jewish cemetery
Country: Israel
Located in: Jerusalem
Image: 11-3000-115 גיא בן הינום 5.jpg

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Commons category: Valley of Hinnom
Commons gallery: Valley of Hinom
described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia
different from: Gehenna

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Etymology
Geography
Archaeology
The concept of Gehinnom
Judaism
Hebrew Bible
Targums (Aramaic translations)
Rabbinical Judaism
Christianity
Ethiopian Orthodox Old Testament
New Testament
New Testament translations
Islam
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Gehenna ( ; ) or Gehinnom ( or ) is a Biblical toponym that has acquired various theological connotations, including as a place of divine punishment, in Jewish eschatology.

The place is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as part of the border between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin (Joshua 15:8). During the late First Temple period, it was the site of the Tophet, where some of the kings of Judah had sacrificed their children by fire (Jeremiah 7:31). Thereafter, it was cursed by the biblical prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 19:2–6).

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