Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam explained

Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam
Settlement Type:Local council (from 1992)
Translit Lang1:Hebrew
Translit Lang1 Type1:ISO 259
Translit Lang1 Info1:Šibbli - ʔumm ˀel-Ránem
(Israeli pronunciation)
Pushpin Map:Israel northeast#Israel
Pushpin Label Position:left
Coordinates:32.6842°N 35.3969°W
Grid Name:Grid position
Grid Position:186/231 PAL
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Israel
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Northern District
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1992
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:Khirbet Umm el Ghanem = The ruin with the sheep[1]

Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam (Arabic: الشبلي - أم الغنم, Hebrew: שִׁבְּלִי-אֻם אל-עַ'נַם) is an Arab town at the foot of Mount Tabor in Israel's Northern District. In it had a population of .

History

Archaeological excavations east of the village have revealed flint from the Mousterian culture, several knapped using the Levallois technique.[2]

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[3]

Ottoman era

In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Um al-Ganam, located in the Nahiya of Tabariyya, part of Safad Sanjak. The population was 8 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley and summer crops, in addition to occasional revenues, and goats and beehives; a total of 1,910 akçe.[4] [5]

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here "several ancient cisterns, still unbroken, and ancient caves cut in rock, which now serve as refuge for shepherds."[6] In 1881 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Umm el Ghanem: "Heaps of stones, a few of which are hewn, all of small size, one small cave and one cistern."[7]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Umm al Ghanam had a population of 52, all Muslims.[8] In the 1931 census the population of Umm al-Ghanam was counted with that of Reineh, together they had 1015 inhabitants in a total of 243 houses.[9]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Umm al-Ghanam was counted with that of Mount Tabor, and their total land area was 8,409 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[10] [11] Of this, 232 dunams were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 6,215 for cereals,[12] while a total of 1,962 dunams were classified as non-cultivable land.[13]

State of Israel

The town was formed in 1992 as a result of a municipal merger of the villages of Shibli and Umm al-Ghanam.

Shibli High School is attended by 270 Arab students, Special educational programs introduced at the school have boosted the Bagrut matriculation pass rate and percentage of graduates attending university.[14]

Jordan Lead Codices

See main article: Jordan Lead Codices. The so-called Jordan Lead Codices are considered by Israeli and Jordanian specialists to be fakes.

Hassan Saida of Shibli–Umm Al-Ghanam owns a collection of small cast lead books featuring what is believed to be the first-ever portrait of Jesus. The books are thought to have been created by followers of Jesus in the first decades after his crucifixion. The books, containing cryptic messages in Hebrew and ancient Greek, have been in Saida's family since they were found by his great-grandfather.[15]

See also

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 130
  2. Tepper, 2015, ‘Ein Umm el-Ghanam
  3. Dauphin, 1998, p. 731
  4. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 189
  5. Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  6. Guérin, 1880, p. 140; as given in Conder and Kitchener, SWP I, p. 409
  7. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 409
  8. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38
  9. Mills, 1932, p. 73
  10. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 8
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 62
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 110
  13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 160
  14. http://prospectus.ort.org/index.php?id=464 "Shibli High School"
  15. http://www.archeolog-home.com/pages/content/jordanie-lost-for-2-000-years-could-this-be-the-first-portrait-of-jesus.html Lost for 2,000 years... Could this be the first portrait of Jesus?

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