Juttah
The village where Homele Isaac the shepherd.
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
Isaac the shepherd of the Nativity, Joachim and Sarah the couple who raised Isaac, Mary, Emmanuel, Joseph, Jesaï his children, Judith, a neighbor.
Description[edit | edit source]
"The mountain spur projecting southwards is the amphitheatre where the tranquil people are gathered. Sitting on the grass or sitting astride a low dry-stone wall, with the wide horizon around, the boundless sky above, the torrent below, which shines and smiles in the morning sunshine, the beautiful green woody mountains rising all around [...]"[1]The landscapes of Ephraim in Samaria recall those of Jutta.[2]
Significant events[edit | edit source]
Isaac, shepherd of the Nativity, ill, lives miserably in a hut, comforted by some inhabitants. He evangelizes the population there. After his healing by Jesus, his hut will be transformed by the inhabitants into a prayer room to meditate on the teaching of Jesus. If not the first Church, which is the Cenacle, it is the first prayer room of Christianity. Its inhabitants will remain faithful:"But you, beloved people of Juttah, who tremble with love in the knowledge of God, will be happy, whilst the others will be put to shame. Because you have been sneered at like fools by the mighty ones [...] whereas the scion of eternal Life is grafted into you and into people like you, the scion of Him Who is rooted in the Father, and you are therefore part of God, living on His sap."[3]
Its name[edit | edit source]
Yatta or Yutta – On a low eminence 9 km south of Hebron.
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
GRM 76
GRM 212
GRM 397
GRM 552
Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
Fortified city, assigned to the class of priests.
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