  mamre (; ), full hebrew name elonei mamre ("oaks/terebinths of mamre"), refers to a canaanite cultic shrine dedicated to the supreme, sky god of the canaanite pantheon, el.the king-priest melchizedek, king of salem and priest of (el Ê¿elyon) greets abraham with bread and wine on his victorious return from battle (genesis, 14:18-20), located at the modern ramat al-khalil. el here is the canaanite sky god, while elyon is a distinct deity in what is a compound name. but in hebrew, the two words meant 'god the most high' talmudic sources refer to the site as beth ilanim or botnah. where it was one of the three most important "fairs", or market places, in israel. it lies approximately half way between halhul and hebron. == history == bronze age pottery shards found at the site may indicate that the cultic shrine was in use from 2600-2000 bce. mamre, in the biblical account, was the site where abraham came to set up his tents to camp, built an altar,genesis, 13:18 and was brought divine tidings, in the guise of three angels, of sarah's pregnancy,gen.18:1-15 while elsewheregenesis 14:13david m. gitlitz & linda kay davidson ââpilgrimage and the jewsââ (westport: ct: praeger, 2006). it is called 'the terebinths of mamre the amorite'.robert alter, (tr.) genesis, w.w.norton & co. new york, london 1996 p.60horne, thomas hartwell (1856) an introduction to the critical study and knowledge of the holy scriptures longman, brown, green, longmans & roberts, p 63 mamre being the name of one of the three amorite chiefs who joined forces with those of abraham in pursuit of chedorlaomer to save lot. (gen. 14:13,24)watson e. mills, roger aubrey bullard (1998) mercer dictionary of the bible mercer university press, isbn 0-86554-373-9 p 543haran, menahem (1985) temples and temple-service in ancient israel: an inquiry into biblical cult phenomena and the historical setting of the priestly school eisenbrauns, isbn 0-931464-18-8 p 53 the discrepancy is often explained as reflecting the discordance between the different scribal traditions beh
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