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The Hebrew name '''Ge-Hinnom''', more rarely also '''Ge-Ben-Hinnom''' ({{He|גֵי־הִנֹם}} respectively {{He|גֵי־בֶּן־הִנֹם}}) is a place name in biblical [[w:Judea|Judea]], rendered in the Greek translation of the [[w:Old Testament|Old Testament]] ([[w:Septuagint|Septuagint]]) in the Greekised form '''Gehenna'''. The Hebrew term literally means "Gorge (Ge) of Hinnom" or "Gorge of the Son (Ben) of Hinnom".

In biblical times, the gorge was located in the border area between the tribes of [[w:Tribe of Judah|Judah]] and [[w:Tribe of Benjamin|Benjamin]], between the [[w:Refaim Valley|Refaim Valley]] and [[w:Ein Rogel|Ein Rogel]]. Gehinnom is first mentioned in the [[w:Book of Joshua|Book of Joshua]] as a deep, narrow ravine at the foot of the walls of Jerusalem. ({{B|Joshua|15:8}}) The ravine lies to the south of the Old City of [[Jerusalem]], extending from the foot of [[Mount Zion]] eastward to the [[Kidron Valley]], and can still be visited today. In royal times, child sacrifices were offered to [[Moloch]] in Gehinnom as well as in [[w:Tophet|Tophet]]. The prophet [[Jeremiah]] condemned this cult several times and predicted that for this reason Tophet and Gehinnom would be called the "Valley of Murder". ({{B|Jeremiah|19:6}})

Metaphorically, Gehinnom refers to a place of punishment for the wicked after death or the entrance to the [[underworld]], to [[hell]]. In this meaning, the term is also used in the New Testament in the Greekised form ''Gehenna''. The Arabic equivalent in the [[w:Koran|Koran]] is [[Jahannam]].

In the [[Anthroposophy|anthroposophical]] context Gehenna also means the purification fire of the [[soul]] after [[death]], which is also called [[Kamaloka]] (Indian).

== Literature ==
* [[Wikipedia:Encyclopedia Judaica|Encyclopedia Judaica]], Volume 7, p. 357.
* Klaus Bieberstein: ''Die Pforte der Gehenna. Die Entstehung der eschatologischen Erinnerungslandschaft Jerusalems''. In: Bernd Janowski u.a. (Hrsg.): ''Das biblische Weltbild und seine altorientalischen Kontexte'' (Forschungen zum Alten Testament; 32). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-16-147540-2, p. 503-539.

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Odyssee: Created page with "The '''Valley of Hinnom''', Israel, 2007 The Hebrew name '''Ge-Hinnom''', more rarely also '''Ge-Ben-Hinnom''' ({{He|גֵי..."