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20-566: Merhavia (Hebrew: מרחביה ) may refer to: Merhavia (kibbutz) , a kibbutz in northern Israel Merhavia (moshav) , a moshav in northern Israel originally known as the Co-operative in Merhavia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Merhavia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

40-509: A Crusader castle between Zir'in and Nazareth . The area was again under Crusader control between 1240/1 and 1263. According to Denys Pringle , al-Fula, the Arab village, seems to have existed until the end of the sixteenth century. In 1799, during Napoleon 's Syrian campaign , the Battle of Mount Tabor was fought around Al-Fuleh. In 1816, James Silk Buckingham described Fooli as

60-735: A "founder" of biblical archaeology , and he influenced much of future archaeological field work. Examples of his finds in Jerusalem include the Siloam tunnel and Robinson's Arch in the Old City ; the latter was named in his honor. The two men returned to Ottoman Palestine in 1852 for further investigations. In 1856, the enlarged edition of Biblical Researches was published simultaneously in English and German. Among those who later acknowledged Robinson’s stature, in 1941 G. Ernest Wright, reviewing

80-401: A middleman had sold their land to people, whom they called 'Zionists' and 'sons of the religion of Moses,' ( siyonist musevi ) who were not Ottoman subjects, and that the sale would deprive 1,000 villagers of their livelihoods. Moshav Merhavia was established in 1911, under Ottoman rule. The kibbutz was established in 1929 adjacent to the moshav, from which it took its name. The founders of

100-538: A new homeland without the straits, or distress, of persecution. According to the Survey of Western Palestine (SWP, 1882), it was possibly the place called Alpha in the list of Thutmes III . In the Crusader period it was known as La Fève or Castrum Fabe . It had a Templar castle (first mentioned in 1169/72), of which just some mounds remain. The area was under Crusader control between 1099 and 1187. In 1183

120-401: A village. He observed there the remains of a large building, which he presumed was " Saracen ". By the water wells he found two covers for sarcophagi , one was ornamented with sculptures. There were several other settlements in sight, all populated by Muslims. In 1838, Edward Robinson described both Al-Fuleh and the adjacent Afuleh as "deserted". In 1859 Al-Fuleh had 64 inhabitants, and

140-470: Is derived from Psalm 118 : מִן-הַמֵּצַר, קָרָאתִי יָּהּ; עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ. Min-hameitzar karati Yah; 'anani va merchav Yah Out of my distress I called on the L ORD ; the L ORD answered me and set me in a broad place. In the figurative sense, the phrase connotes 'freedom from distress and anxiety', which resonated with the experience of Jews immigrating to the Land of Israel and achieving

160-643: The Battle of Al-Fule took place here, between the Crusaders and the forces of Saladin . An aerial photograph taken in 1918 by the German Air Force still shows the clear outline of La Fève castle and moat, directly adjacent to the kibbutz courtyard east of it; the castle remains have all but disappeared by now under new houses and lawns. In 1226, Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi mentioned it as being "a town in Jund Filastin ," and formerly

180-929: The New Testament (1836; last revision, 1850) became a standard authority in the United States and was reprinted several times in Great Britain. Robinson was born in Southington, Connecticut , and raised on a farm. His father was a minister in the Congregational Church of the town for four decades. Robinson taught at schools in East Haven and Farmington in 1810–11 to earn money for college. He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York , where his maternal uncle, Seth Norton,

200-716: The company of Eli Smith . He published Biblical Researches in Palestine in 1841, for which he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1842. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1847. Together with Smith, Robinson made scores of identifications of ancient places referenced the Bible. His work established his enduring reputation as

220-561: The couple returned to the United States, Robinson was appointed professor extraordinary of sacred literature at Andover Theological Seminary (1830–1833). Robinson founded the Biblical Repository (1831), which he edited for four years. In 1836, Robinson published both a translation of Wilhelm Gesenius ' Hebrew Lexicon and a Greek New Testament Lexicon. He established the Bibliotheca Sacra (1843), into which

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240-662: The kibbutz were members of Hashomer Hatzair who had immigrated from Galicia after World War I and had been living in Haifa , including Eliezer Peri , who later represented Mapam in the Knesset . The Merhavia Grand Courtyard is today a tourist attraction, its well-preserved original buildings bearing explanatory signs, and housing – among other things – a cafe and a souvenir shop offering hand-made soap and workshops in vintage-style interiors. Edward Robinson (scholar) Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863)

260-432: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Merhavia&oldid=1255265708 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Hebrew-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Merhavia (kibbutz) The name Merhavia

280-521: The north. The water supply is from wells west of the village. Round the site are remains of the ancient Crusader fosse." The Survey noted a ruined church about 200 meters SSE of the castle, which probably was the remains of the Crusader parish church. These remains were destroyed in 1939-1940. A population list from about 1887 showed that Fuleh had about 300 inhabitants; all Muslims. In 1910-11, Elias Sursock of Lebanon sold 10,000 dunums around

300-448: The tillage was 14 feddans , according to the English consul Rogers. William McClure Thomson , in a book published the same year, noted that both El Fuleh and the adjacent Afuleh, were "both now deserted, though both were inhabited twenty-five years ago when I first passed this way." Thomson blamed their desertion on the bedouin . In 1875 Victor Guérin noted the remains of multicoloured mosaics by Bir Fouleh . At this time, Al-Fuleh

320-601: The village of al-Fula, to the Jewish National Fund, part of the Sursock Purchases . The Palestinian peasants refused to leave the land and the qaimaqam (district governor) of Nazareth , Shukri al-Asali fought to overturn the sale, and refused to finalize the transaction. The villagers themselves sent a petition to the grand vizier complaining of the oppressive use of arbitrary power ( tahakkum ). In particular, they claimed that Ilyas Sursuk and

340-702: Was a professor. He graduated in 1816. In 1821, he went to Andover, Massachusetts , where he published his translation of books i–ix, xviii and xix of the Iliad . There he aided Moses Stuart in the preparation of the second edition (1823) of the latter's Hebrew Grammar. He translated into English (1825) Wahl's Clavis Philologica Novi Testamenti . Robinson went to Europe to study ancient languages, largely in Halle and Berlin (1826–30). While in Halle, in 1828 he married German writer Therese Albertine Luise von Jakob . After

360-568: Was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, Biblical Researches in Palestine , the first major work in biblical geography and biblical archaeology , which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology." He studied in the United States and Germany, centers of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history . He translated scriptural works from classical languages as well as German translations. His Greek and English Lexicon of

380-614: Was merged the Biblical Repository . He spent three years in Boston working on a lexicon of scriptural Greek. Illness caused him to move to New York City . He was appointed as professor of biblical literature at Union Theological Seminary , serving from 1837 until his death. At the Union Theological Seminary, he served as the first librarian of the Burke Library . Robinson traveled to Palestine in 1838 in

400-501: Was the home of 15 Arab families. According to Palmer (1881), the place was earlier named in Arabic al-Fuleh ('the beans'), also rendered as El Fuleh , al-Fula etc. In 1882, the PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Al-Fuleh as a small adobe village, "with a few stone houses in the middle. It stands on a swell of ground, surrounded by cornland, and has marshy ground to

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