Aboud

Abud is located 17.7 km northwest of Ramallah. It is bordered by Deir Nidham to the east, Bani Zeid to the north, Rantis and al Lubban el Gharbi to the west, and Deir Abu Mash'al to the south.[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Abud_Vp_En.pdf ‘Abud Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 5

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Sherds from the Iron Age II, Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, pp. 202–203 There is archeological evidence that the village was inhabited during the Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman eras.

Based on the findings in the nearby 'Abud Cave and in the adjacent necropolis of Mokata 'Abud, archaeologists believe 'Aboud was the site of a Jewish settlement during the late Second Temple period and up until the Bar Kokhba revolt. Although construction from later periods has covered the ancient settlement's remains, the magnificence of the ancient burial caves indicates the splendor of the ancient settlement.{{Cite book |last1=זיסו |first1=בועז |title=במעבה ההר |last2=לנגפורד |first2=בועז |last3=פורת |first3=רועי |last4=רביב |first4=דביר |last5=פרומקין |first5=עמוס |publisher=אוניברסיטת אריאל ומדרשת הרי גופנא |year=2017 |isbn=978-965-91808-0-6 |editor-last=טבגר |editor-first=אהרון |volume=7 |pages=172–173 |language=Hebrew |trans-title=In the Highland's Depth |chapter=מערת עבוד בימי מרידות היהודים ברומאים - תובנות חדשות לאור ממצאים חדשים וניתוח הממצא הקרמי |editor-last2=עמר |editor-first2=זהר}}

During the Byzantine era, Aboud seems to have had a prominent Christian community. The earliest architectural parts of the St. Mary Church in Aboud indicate a fifth- to sixth-century construction date.

Although it appears that the community in 'Abud underwent a process of Arabization during the early Muslim period, they were still able to preserve the Christian Palestinian Aramaic language and tradition long into this period and beyond it. However, they no longer used it as a spoken language; instead, they used this dialect for ceremonial events and liturgical uses.{{Cite book |last=Rubin |first=Milka |title=Sharing the Sacred: Religious Contacts and Conflicts in the Holy Land: First-Fifteenth Centuries CE |publisher=Yad Izhak Ben Zvi |year=1998 |editor-last=Kofsky |editor-first=Arieh |location=Jerusalem |pages=158 |chapter=Arabization versus Islamization |editor-last2=G. Stroumsa |editor-first2=Guy}} A Palestinian Syriac inscription in the St. Mary Church indicate that it was active 1058, during Fatimid rule.

In 1099, Aboud and much of Syria was conquered by European Crusaders. During the Crusader period, Aboud was known by them as the Latin Casale Santa Maria. At the time, it was an unfortified agricultural village inhabited mostly by local Orthodox Christians. A minority of the population consisted of Crusader settlers.Ellenblum, 2003, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA130 130]– [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA131 131] The Crusaders made improvements and additions to the church, such as the nave and the north aisle.Ellenblum, 2003, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA133 133]

In 1104, Mufarij ibn Abu al-Hayr al-Abudi, a monk from Aboud, copied Syriac manuscripts in the Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai. In 1167, Casale Santa Maria was sold by King Baldwin IV to the Knights Hospitallers. Starting in 1176, they used revenues from the village to supply white bread to the sick in the hospital of Jerusalem.Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n145/mode/1up 145], no 547; cited in Pringle, 1993, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA18 18]

In 1225, Yaqut al-Hamawi noted Aboud was a "small town in Filastin Province, near Jerusalem. The name is Hebrew, and [has] become Arabicized."Yaqut al-Hamawi quoted in le Strange, 1890, p. [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/382/mode/1up 382]. At another point in the 13th century, an Aboud monk, Sarur ibn Abd al-Masih al-Abudi, was recorded as copying Syriac manuscripts in Cairo. The southern part of Aboud was founded in the 13th or 14th century, during Mamluk rule. Two ornate mausoleums in this part of Aboud were built during the Mamluk period.Ellenblum, 2003, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA132 132] Arab historian al-Maqrizi mentioned these in the 14th century.

Aboud as part of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire. In the 1553–57 tax records, Aboud had a population of 35 families; 19 of whom were Christian and 16 Muslim. In the 1596 Ottoman tax records, it was classified as part of the nahiya ("sub-district") of Ramla, part of the Sanjak of Gaza. Its population remained the same, with 19 Christian households and 16 Muslim households,Petersen, 2005, p. [https://archive.org/stream/TheTownsOfPalestineUnderUnderMuslimRule/AndrewPetersenTheTownsOfPalestineUnderMuslimRule-600-1600#page/n139/mode/1up 131] and the inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, and other produce; a total of 21,000 akçe. All of the revenue went to a waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 156 It was later designated as a part of the Bani Zeid administrative region, still under the Ottomans.{{cite journal | author = H. Taha | title = A salvage excavation at the 'Abudiyah Church in Abud – Samaria | journal = Liber Annuus | volume = 47 | year = 1997 | pages = 359–374 and [http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/Books/LA47/47655tav.pdf plates 17–20] | url = http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/Books/LA47/47359HT.pdf | access-date = 17 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140304034019/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/Books/LA47/47359HT.pdf | archive-date = 4 March 2014 | url-status = dead}}Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/124/mode/1up 124]

In 1870 the French explorer Victor Guérin found that Aboud contained 800 inhabitants, half Greek Orthodox and half Muslims,Guérin, 1875, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n114/mode/1up 87]–90

while an Ottoman village list of about the same year showed that Aboud had 225 Muslims with 69 houses, and 170 Greek Orthodox with 66 houses, though the population count included men only.Socin, 1879, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde01deut#page/142/mode/1up 142] Noted to be in the Beni Zeid districtHartmann, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ#page/n914/mode/1up 106], found 110 houses

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as "a large and flourishing Christian village, of stone, the houses nearly all marked with the Cross in red paint," with a population of 400 Orthodox Christians and 100 Muslims.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/289/mode/1up 289]

In 1896 the population of Abud was estimated to be about 303 Muslims and 366 Christians.Schick, 1896, p. [https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde19deut#page/n229/mode/1up 122]

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In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Aboud had a population of 754; 352 Muslim and 402 Christians.Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n18/mode/1up 16] The latter included 335 Orthodox, 41 Roman Catholics, and 26 who belonged to the Church of England.Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n47/mode/1up 45] At the time of the 1931 census, the population had increased to 910; 470 Christians and 440 Muslims, in 215 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 47] The Christians largely inhabited the older, northern part of Aboud, while the Muslims inhabited the relatively newer, southern part.

In the 1945 statistics, the population was 1,080; 550 Muslims and 530 Christians.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p26.jpg 26] The total land area was 15,007 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Ramallah/Page-064.jpg 64] Of this, 4,843 dunams were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, and 1,905 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Ramallah/Page-111.jpg 111] while 55 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Ramallah/Page-161.jpg 161]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Aboud came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,521 inhabitants,Government of Jordan, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p24.pdf 24] of whom 716 were Christians.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, pp. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-pp115-116.pdf 115–116]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Aboud has been under Israeli occupation. After Oslo II in 1995, 16.8% of village land was classified as Area B, and the remaining 83.2% as Area C. Israel has confiscated land from Aboud in order to construct the Israeli settlements of Beit Aryeh-Ofarim.

[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Abud_Vp_En.pdf ‘Abud Village Profile], ARIJ, pp. 16–17 In late July 2018, Israeli authorities informed village elders that they intended seizing a further 324 dunums (80 acres) of land shared by both Aboud and Al-Lubban al-Gharbi on grounds that the land was needed in order to construct an Israeli-only road between the settlements of Beit Arye and Ofarim.Yumna Patel, [https://mondoweiss.net/2018/08/settlements-christian-palestine/ 'Drowning among Israeli settlements, an ancient Christian village in Palestine struggles to survive],' Mondoweiss 17 August 2018

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Al-Abudiyah Church, also known as Saint Mary's Church, is situated in the center of Aboud. The earliest remains, including two capitals and the semi-circular arches they support, suggests a fifth- to sixth-century construction date.Pringle, 1993, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA18 18]

It was long believed to have been founded during the Crusader period in Palestine, when it was known as Casale Santa Maria. But, an Aramaic inscription on a vault in the church, found during late 20th century restoration work, indicates that it was founded before the arrival of Crusaders, but fell into disrepair. According to the inscription, the church was rebuilt in 1058 CE during the Fatimid era. In the 18th century an additional wall, as well as several windows and doors were constructed.Pringle, 1993, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA18 18] – [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA20 20]

Restorations and conservation were conducted in 1997. This uncovered remains of a Byzantine church with mosaic floors.Pringle, 2009, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=tKwienZI03MC&pg=PA249 249] The cement plaster in the vaulting of the church was replaced with traditional mortar, stones inside the church were cleaned, the atrium was repaved, and a reinforcing northern wall was constructed.

In 2013 Christians from the United Kingdom worked on a project with the church choir of St. Mary's Church to record "The Mary Prayers"[https://open.spotify.com/album/5qwaEkkoJ0lerX5HWG5A0N The Mary Prayers] as a fundraising initiative. Proceeds from the sales of the CD or downloads are directed to humanitarian projects for the Muslims and Christians in Aboud.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,084 inhabitants in 2007.[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census]. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 112. It has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians, mostly Eastern Orthodox. It has ancient churches built during the Byzantine period of the 6th to 8th centuries.

Historically, Aboud's economy was centered on agriculture, specifically olives. Their cultivation in the 21st century takes up 43% of village lands. In total, 57% of Aboud's lands are cultivable; other crops are figs, apples, grapes, and almonds. Its primary agricultural products are olive oil, olive-based soap, dried figs, and almonds. In 2005 agriculture employed 19% of the village's labor force. The remaining 81% work in the governmental and private sectors, construction, and animal husbandry.

Following the Second Intifada, which began in 2000, the residents who worked in Israel (10% of Aboud's labor force) lost their jobs there.[http://poica.org/2005/06/aboud-the-city-of-flowers-threatened-by-the-israeli-segregation-wall/ 'Aboud, the city of flowers, threatened by the Israeli Segregation Wall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804140554/http://poica.org/2005/06/aboud-the-city-of-flowers-threatened-by-the-israeli-segregation-wall/|date=4 August 2020}} Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem. 9 June 2005.

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The 'Abud cave, a large karst cave in the vicinity of the village, is also a significant archeological site. Artifacts from the Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze, and Iron Ages, as well as the Roman, Byzantine, and early Arab periods, have been discovered in it. During the Bar Kokhba revolt, it served as a refuge cave for Jewish refugees who left there numerous objects, including oil lamps, glass and metal artifacts, and coins typical of the period.

Based on the findings from the cave along with the nearby Mokata 'Abud tombs, archaeologists believe that 'Aboud was a Jewish village during the early Roman period. The settlement may have suffered damage during the Jewish–Roman wars, forcing the locals to flee for their lives and abandon their homes. The evidence from the cave suggests that during the Bar Kokhba revolt, tens, possibly even hundreds, of the villagers temporarily took refuge inside. The absence of human remains may suggest that those who sought refuge there managed to escape unhurt, but it could also be a hint of antiquities' robbery, later activity in the cave (such as the return of Jews to bury their brethren), or the archeological's survey's limitations.

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Mokata 'Abud,meaning: "The quarries of Abud", according to Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft/page/239/mode/1up 239] an archeological site located on the northwestern outskirts of the village, contains a necropolis believed to date back to the first century CE. The necropolis features a two-chamber tomb with loculi along with an elaborate portico adorned with wreaths, rosettes, and grapes, similar to those found in Jerusalem and in other locations in West Samaria.Conder, 1873, p. [https://archive.org/details/quarterlystateme05pale/page/n166/mode/1up 143]{{Cite book |last=Rachel |first=Hachlili |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/56566954 |title=Jewish funerary customs, practices and rites in the Second Temple period |date=2005 |publisher=Brill |isbn=90-04-12373-3 |pages=147 |oclc=56566954}}{{Cite journal |last1=Jackson-Tal |first1=Ruth E. |last2=Raviv |first2=Dvir |last3=Langford |first3=Boaz |last4=Davidovich |first4=Uri |last5=Frumkin |first5=A.|author-link5= Amos Frumkin|last6=Porat |first6=Roi |last7=Zissu |first7=Boaz |date=2020 |title=Glass Use as a Reflection of Abandonment Processes: The 'Abud Refuge Cave, Roman Judea (133/134 C.E.) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26951073 |journal=Journal of Glass Studies |volume=62 |pages=69–82 |jstor=26951073 |issn=0075-4250}} Peleg-Barkat conclude that Mokata 'Abud and other similar tombs in Samaria were built by local Jewish elites inspired by the elaborate tombs of the Jewish elite of Jerusalem. While Magen has linked them to the exodus of Jewish craftsmen from Jerusalem to Samaria before the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE.Peleg-Barkat, O., 2015. “Decorated Tomb Façades in Early Roman Jerusalem and their Influence on the Decoration of Tombs in Judaea and Samaria,” in: Ben-Arieh, Y. et. al (eds.), Study of Jerusalem through the Ages, Jerusalem: Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi, pp. 73−121. (Hebrew){{Cite book |last=Magen |first=Y. |title=Judea and Samaria Researches and Discoveries |year=2008 |volume=6 |location=Jerusalem |pages=163 |chapter=Tombs Ornamented in Jerusalem Style in Samaria and the Hebron Hills}}Raviv D., 2013, "Magnificent Tombs from the Second Temple Period in Western Samaria - New Insights", In the Highland's Depth - Ephraim Range and Binyamin Research Studies, Vol. 3, Ariel-Talmon, pp. 109-142. (Hebrew)

SWP visited in 1866, and made extensive notes about 9 tombs here.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, pp.[https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft/page/361/mode/1up 361]-364

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Adjacent to Aboud is an ancient monastery named after Saint Barbara.Palmer, 1881, p.[https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft/page/226/mode/1up 226] Located on a hill due west of the village, the Church of Saint Barbara was erected in the Byzantine period. Archaeologists trace its history to the 6th century CE. Ancient catacombs have been uncovered by the church; their dating is uncertain. One of the burial caves is especially grandiose, with a door post decorated with carvings of wreaths, grape vines and grape clusters standing at its entrance.

On 5 June 1873, SWP visited and made a description: "A small ruined chapel; still a place of pilgrimage for Christians. It is of good masonry, the foundations only remaining, measuring about 10 feet across inside, and 22 feet in length east and west. Between the chapel and the village of 'Abud is a fine pool lined with masonry, which was full when visited."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. [https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft/page/305/mode/1up 305]

Locals consider Saint Barbara to have been the oldest and most sacred of Aboud's churches. Palestinian Christians visited the church annually on 17 December to celebrate the St. Barbara's Day festival. On 31 May 2002, the Israeli army blew up and destroyed the church. The Israeli military claimed that they were unaware of the church's significance and demolished it by mistake.

Under Fatimid rule, in 1030, a Christian monk named Elias from Aboud copied Syriac manuscripts in Antioch. He later returned to Aboud and founded the Deir al-Kaukab monastery, also called Monastery of St Elias (Mar Elia), near the village.Ellenblum, 2003, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA131 131]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA132 132] The site of Mar Elia has been identified 1.5 km south-east of the village, and it is assumed that monastery excised into the twelfth century.Pringle, 1993, pp.[https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA196 196]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA197 197]Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n113/mode/1up 86]

Additional local churches include one dedicated to St. Theodore (located in the center of the village) and to St. Anastasia (to the south of the village). Both are from the 7th–8th centuries.Dauphin, 1998, p. 825

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/_Abud_543/index.html Welcome To 'Abud]
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8376 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.14.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/factsheet/Abud_vp_en.pdf 'Abud Village (Fact Sheet)], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Abud_Vp_En.pdf ‘Abud Village Profile], (ARIJ)
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/images/english/'Abud_ap_en.jpg ‘Abud aerial photo], (ARIJ)
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Abud_vp_en.pdf Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Abud Village], (ARIJ)

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