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The Abraham Path

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Origin Developed from 2007

The Abraham Path is a modern long-distance walking route of roughly 1,078 kilometers, developed since 2007 by the Abraham Path Initiative, beginning at Harran in Turkey, where Abraham is said to have heard the call to "go forth," and crossing Syria, Lebanon and Jordan before passing through Jerusalem and ending at Abraham's traditional tomb at Hebron. Unlike this heading's existing Kailash Mansarovar Parikrama, whose shared status arose from separate traditions converging on one mountain, the Abraham Path is deliberately built as cross-traditional infrastructure from the outset, framed around the patriarch common to Judaism, Christianity and Islam alike.

Facts
Attributions
Associated Religion
Christianity 1
Associated Religion
Islam 1
Associated Religion
Judaism 1
Tradition
Jewish, Christian and Islamic 1
Origins
Origin Period
Developed from 2007 1
Status
Status Today
In active religious use 1
Site
Pilgrimage
Major pilgrimage destination today 1
Structure
Route Length
1078.0 km 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

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Islam, Religions
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Jerusalem, Cities

This source names Jerusalem directly: "and Jordan before passing through Jerusalem and ending at Abraham's traditional tomb at Hebron."

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Jordan, Countries

This source names Jordan directly: "and crossing Syria, Lebanon and Jordan before passing through Jerusalem and ending at Abraham's traditional tomb at Hebron."

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Judaism, Religions
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Lebanon, Countries

This source names Lebanon directly: "to "go forth," and crossing Syria, Lebanon and Jordan before passing through Jerusalem and ending at Abraham's traditional tomb at Hebron."

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Syria, Countries

This source names Syria directly: "the call to "go forth," and crossing Syria, Lebanon and Jordan before passing through Jerusalem and ending at Abraham's traditional tomb at Hebron."

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Turkey, Countries

This source names Turkey directly: "Initiative, beginning at Harran in Turkey, where Abraham is said to have heard the call to "go forth," and crossing Syria, Lebanon and Jordan before passing through Jerusalem and ending at Abraham's..."

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Belongs to Tradition

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Islam, Religions
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Judaism, Religions
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Instance Of

Pilgrimage, Practices

Related To

Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024s.v. Abraham PathView the Source
Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005on Abraham as shared patriarch across the three Abrahamic traditionsView the Source
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