The mountains

From: Cees van Veelen (cvveelen@ichthus.lifenet.nl)
Date: Sat Jul 12 1997 - 13:46:12 EDT

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Jonathan wrote:
> Does anybody out there know enough geography to be able to describe
> exactly what "flee to the mountains" would mean to someone in Judea?
> What difference in meaning would there be between singular and plural?

I have just been in Judea, which is quite a mountainous area. The villages
are
most in the valleys where the water is, and mountains are all around. Even
Jerusalem itself is lower than the mountains around it.
So I think Jesus is not pointing to any mountain in particular, but just:
Get
out of your village or town, and find a cave in any mountain available.
The mountains in the desert of Judea (roughly between Jerusalem and the
Dead See) do make a nice place to hide. David used this area fleeing from
Saul.
In Zec 14:4ff is told that the mount of olives will split, so that you
don't even need to climb that mountain to get to the desert of Judea.

Cees van Veelen,
cvveelen@ichthus.lifenet.nl

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