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The Village of Taybeh
A Holy Site in
Taybeh is a small all - Christian village with a population of about 1200 residents located 20 miles north to Jerusalem on the very slope of mount Asur, the highest mountain in Biblical Judea and Samiria. There are many reasons to visit the ancient village of Taybeh known as Ephraim in the Old Testament.
One is the Ancient Palestinian Old House arranged in 1974 located near the new Latin Church which was inaugurated in 1971 dedicated to "The Last Retreat of Jesus". Visitors can see objects which are no longer used today but were very common in the time of Christ depicting the local peasant scene. The house consists of two levels, one on the ground for the animals and the upper level for the family. In such a similar humble setting Christ was born 2000 years ago.
The other important site in modern Taybeh is the Taybeh brewing company with state of the art equipment producing what they call "the finest beer in the Middle East". This brewery was established in 1994 following the historic signing of the Oslo agreement in the efforts of one Palestinian family to return home to their roots and invest in Palestine. Taybeh beer is the first microbrewery i nthe Middle East and the only one in Palestine.
Not bad for a small village where Jesus and his disciples came after the decision was taken by the Sanhedrin tp prosecute him. "Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim...(John 11:54).
On a clear day in Taybeh you can see the Holly Land in its full splendor: the magnificant Dead Sea, the Jordan Valley, the mountains of Samaria, the mountainous desert of Judea and even Jerusalem.
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