French School of Biblical and Archeological Research
École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem, commonly known as École Biblique, is a French academic establishment in Jerusalem specializing in archaeology and Biblical exegesis.Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: College
- Description: French academic establishment in Jerusalem, founded by Dominicans, and specialising in archaeology and Biblical exegesis
- Also known as: “Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem”, “Biblical School of Jerusalem”, “Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem”, “Ecole Biblique”, “École Biblique”, and “French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem”
- Address: 6
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican) and Damascus Gate.
St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican)
Church
Photo: Djampa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Stephen's Basilica or simply the Church of St. Stephen, also known by its French name, Saint-Étienne, is the name given to a Catholic church located outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on the road leading north to Nablus.
Damascus Gate
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from there, in times… Damascus Gate is situated 380 metres south of French School of Biblical and Archeological Research.
Garden Tomb
Church
The Garden Tomb is an ancient rock-cut tomb surrounded by a garden, right outside the walls of ancient Jerusalem, that functions as a site of Christian pilgrimage attracting hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, especially Evangelicals and other Protestants, as some Protestant Christians consider it to be the empty tomb where Jesus of Nazareth resurrected. Garden Tomb is situated 120 metres south of French School of Biblical and Archeological Research.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bab az-Zahra and East Jerusalem.
Bab az-Zahra
Suburb
Photo: Sir kiss, Public domain.
Bab az-Zahra is an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, north of the Old City. It is bordered by the American Colony to the north, Wadi al-Joz to the east, Herod's Gate and Damascus Gate on its south, and Mas'udiyyah and Mea Shearim to the west.
East Jerusalem
Photo: Papierdrache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Jerusalem is the part of Jerusalem that belongs to the Palestinian territories. The walled Old City is formally part of it, but is discussed in its own article.
Musrara
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Musrara is a formerly Ottoman neighborhood in what is now West Jerusalem. It is bordered by the Israeli neighborhoods of Mea Shearim and Beit Yisrael to the north, by the Russian Compound and Kikar Safra to the west, and by Mamilla mall to the south, and the Old City to the east.
French School of Biblical and Archeological Research
- Categories: academy and education
- Location: Quds Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78508° or 31° 47′ 6″ northLongitude
35.22993° or 35° 13′ 48″ eastOpen location code
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Q273496
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“French School of Biblical and Archeological Research” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المدرسة الفرنسية للكتاب المقدس والآثار”
- Breton: “Skol biblek hag arkeologel gall”
- Breton: “Skol Biblek Jeruzalem”
- Breton: “Skol Viblek Jeruzalem”
- Catalan: “Escola bíblica i arqueològica francesa de Jerusalem”
- Czech: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- Czech: “École Biblique”
- Dutch: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- Dutch: “Ecole Biblique Franc. de Jérusalem”
- Dutch: “Ecole biblique Jerusalem”
- Dutch: “Ecole Biblique”
- Dutch: “École biblique”
- Esperanto: “Franca Biblia kaj Arkeologia Lernejo de Jerusalemo”
- French: “EBAF Jérusalem”
- French: “EBAF”
- French: “École biblique de Jérusalem”
- French: “École Biblique de Jérusalem”
- French: “École biblique et archéologique de Jérusalem”
- French: “Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise de Jerusalem”
- French: “École biblique et archéologique française de jérusalem”
- French: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- French: “École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem”
- French: “École biblique et archéologique française”
- French: “École Biblique et Archéologique Française”
- French: “Institut biblique de Jérusalem”
- German: “Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise de Jerusalem”
- German: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- German: “Ecole biblique”
- German: “École biblique”
- German: “École Biblique”
- German: “Französische biblische und archäologische Schule von Jerusalem”
- German: “Französische biblische und archäologische Schule”
- Hebrew: “אקול ביבליק”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר המעשי ללימודי המקרא”
- Hebrew: “בית הספר הצרפתי למקרא ולארכאולוגיה”
- Italian: “École biblique de Jérusalem”
- Italian: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- Italian: “École biblique et archéologique française”
- Italian: “Scuola Biblica di Gerusalemme”
- Japanese: “エルサレム・フランス聖書考古学学院”
- Japanese: “フランス聖書考古学研究所”
- Latin: “Schola Biblica et Archaeologica Francica Hierosolymitana”
- Latin: “Schola Biblica et Archaeologica Francica”
- Latin: “Schola Biblica et Archeologica Francica”
- Polish: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- Polish: “Ecole Biblique”
- Polish: “Francuska Szkoła Biblijna i Archeologiczna w Jerozolimie”
- Portuguese: “Escola bíblica de Jerusalém”
- Portuguese: “Escola Bíblica e Arqueológica Francesa de Jerusalém”
- Portuguese: “Escola de Jerusalém”
- Russian: “Французская библейская и археологическая школа Иерусалима”
- Slovak: “École biblique”
- Slovenian: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- Slovenian: “École biblique”
- Slovenian: “Francoska biblijska in arheološka šola v Jeruzalemu”
- Spanish: “École biblique de Jérusalem”
- Spanish: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
- Spanish: “Escuela Biblica de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Escuela Biblica de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Escuela Bíblica de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Escuela Bíblica de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Escuela biblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Escuela biblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Escuela biblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Escuela biblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Escuela bíblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Escuela bíblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Escuela bíblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalen”
- Spanish: “Escuela bíblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalén”
- Spanish: “Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica Francesa de Jerusalén”
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