Tirzah
The village that drives away Jesus.
Inhabitants or natives
Merod and her sister, who Homelent Jesus.
Description
"Tirzah is so surrounded by luxuriant olive-groves, that it is necessary to be very close to the town to realise that it is there. A belt of wonderful fertile vegetable gardens is the last screen of the houses."[1]A village in a wet region:
"Walking in the tangle of stalks and water-plants, their feet cut by bog grass, their faces hurt by willows and reeds, slipping on the mud in the bottom [...]"[1]
Notable facts
The apostolic group is driven out.[2] James and John of Zebedee propose to call down the fire of Heaven on them."They do not understand at present. They will shortly understand My justice and will worship Me more than if I had had no justice or if it had been greater than My love for them."[3]
Its name
הבתרצ (Tirzah)[4]
Tirzah, Thersa, Tirça, Tirsa - Tirtsa - Thirtsa means "Grace, charm". Brief capital of the northern kingdom located in the Nahef valley Tirza (Faria) which descends from the mountains of Samaria toward the Jordan.
Its exact location remains unknown, but archaeologists agree to place Tirzah northeast of Shechem, on the site of present-day Tell El-Farah. Others identify it with Ofra, further south, or the site of El-Farah. According to the indications of Maria Valtorta, it would be this last site, identified (or close) to Furush Beit Dajan just opposite the ford of Adam (Adamah) through which the Hebrews entered the Promised Land.
This village has all the characteristics of lush vegetation and is fed by numerous springs to the south of the village.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
GRM 574 GRM 575
Learn more about this place
An ancient town, it is famous for its bWaterté if one believes the Song of Songs.[5] Having prospered under David, it became the capital of the kingdom of the north after the schism. King Omri created Samaria and settled there. Tirzah then declined.[6]
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Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GRM 575.1.
- ↑ Luke 9:51-56 ; GRM 575.
- ↑ GRM 575.4.
- ↑ Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net.
- ↑ Ct 6:4 (Tirsa).
- ↑ 1 Kings 16:17-24.