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.

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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”, “EBAF”, “EBAF Jérusalem”, “Ecole biblique”, “Ecole Biblique”, “École Biblique”, “École biblique de Jérusalem”, “École Biblique de Jérusalem”, “École biblique et archéologique de Jérusalem”, “École Biblique et Archéologique Française”, “Ecole biblique et archeologique francaise de Jerusalem”, “École biblique et archéologique française de jérusalem”, “École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem”, “Ecole Biblique Franc. de Jérusalem”, “Ecole biblique Jerusalem”, “Escola bíblica de Jerusalém”, “Escola de Jerusalém”, “Escuela Biblica de Jerusalen”, “Escuela Biblica de Jerusalén”, “Escuela Bíblica de Jerusalen”, “Escuela Bíblica de Jerusalén”, “Escuela biblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalen”, “Escuela biblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalén”, “Escuela biblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalen”, “Escuela biblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalén”, “Escuela bíblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalen”, “Escuela bíblica y arqueologica francesa de Jerusalén”, “Escuela bíblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalen”, “Französische biblische und archäologische Schule”, “French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem”, “Institut biblique de Jérusalem”, “Schola Biblica et Archaeologica Francica”, “Schola Biblica et Archeologica Francica”, “Scuola Biblica di Gerusalemme”, “אקול ביבליק”, “בית הספר המעשי ללימודי המקרא”, and “フランス聖書考古学研究所”
Address: 6

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican) and Damascus Gate.

St. Stephen’s Basilica (Dominican)

Church

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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

Photo: Gary Todd, CC0.

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

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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

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

35.22993° or 35° 13′ 48″ east

Open location code

8G3QQ6PH+2X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 679480398

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Wikidata ID

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”
Dutch: “École biblique”
Esperanto: “Franca Biblia kaj Arkeologia Lernejo de Jerusalemo”
French: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
German: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
German: “Französische biblische und archäologische Schule von Jerusalem”
Hebrew: “בית הספר הצרפתי למקרא ולארכאולוגיה”
Indonesian: “École Biblique”
Italian: “École biblique et archéologique française”
Japanese: “エルサレム・フランス聖書考古学学院”
Latin: “Schola Biblica et Archaeologica Francica Hierosolymitana”
Polish: “École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem”
Polish: “Francuska Szkoła Biblijna i Archeologiczna w Jerozolimie”
Portuguese: “Escola Bíblica e Arqueológica Francesa de Jerusalém”
Russian: “Французская библейская и археологическая школа Иерусалима”
Slovak: “École biblique”
Slovenian: “Francoska biblijska in arheološka šola v Jeruzalemu”
Spanish: “Escuela bíblica y arqueológica francesa de Jerusalén”
Spanish: “Escuela Bíblica y Arqueológica Francesa de Jerusalén”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Norwegian Refugee Council and Al-Quds for Public Services.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Capital Hotel and Al-Zaghal Store.

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