Tyropoeon Valley
{{Short description|Valley in Jerusalem}}
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Tyropoeon Valley (Greek: {{Lang|grc|φάραγξ τῶν τυροποιῶν}} {{Lang|grc-latn|pharanx tōn tyropoiōn}} i.e., "Valley of the Cheesemakers" or "Cheesemongers"), is the name given by the first-century Jewish-Roman historian Josephus ([http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=J.+BJ+5.4.1.&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0148 Wars 5.140]) to the valley or rugged ravine, which in his times separated Jerusalem's Temple Mount (Mount Moriah) from the Western Hill or Mount Zion, and emptied into the valley of Hinnom.Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), [https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Easton%27s_Bible_Dictionary_(1897)/Tyropoeon_Valley Tyropoeon Valley]. Accessed 5 January 2024. In modern scholarly terms it is also known as the central valley/Central Valley of Jerusalem.Lipnick, Jonathan (May 31, 2018). [https://blog.israelbiblicalstudies.com/holy-land-studies/cheesemakers/ What's So Special About The Cheesemakers?], Israel Institute of Biblical Studies. Accessed 5 January 2024.
Names, etymology
In the ancient Copper Scroll this valley is called in Hebrew the Outer Valley (3Q15 col.8, line 4).{{cn|date= January 2024}}
The name used by Josephus, {{Lang|grc|των τυροποιων}} ({{Lang|grc-latn|tōn tyropoiōn}}), possibly arose as an ancient mistranslation from Hebrew to the Greek of Josephus's book{{dubious|Josephus wrote it directly in Greek. Either he, or others before him made the mistake, not any presumtive translators. |date= January 2024}}; Semitic languages use the same root for outer and congeal.{{cn|date= January 2024}}
Description, history
The Tyropoeon, filled over the centuries with a vast accumulation of debris, and almost a plain, was spanned by bridges, the most noted of which was Zion Bridge, which was probably the ordinary means of communication between the royal palace on Zion and the temple.Easton's (1897)
The western wall of the Temple Mount rose up from the bottom of this valley to the height of 84 feet, where it was on a level with the area, and above this, and as a continuance of it, the wall of Solomon's cloister rose to the height of about 50 feet, "so that this section of the wall would originally present to view a stupendous mass of masonry scarcely to be surpassed by any mural masonry in the world."Easton's (1897)
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Category:Geography of Jerusalem
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