Beitin - Monastery (?)

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Monastery name, type, category

Site Name:

Beitin

Monastery name:

Monastery (?)

Monastery type:

Cenobium

Monastery category:

Village

Source of sacredness:

Old Testament site

Location

Coordinates, ITM system:

22,275.00

64,815.00

Coordinates, ICS system:

17,275.00

14,815.00

Geographical region:

Southern and Western Samaria

Provincial affiliation:

Palaestina I

Bishopric:

Jerusalem

Topographical location:

Level ground

Distance from nearest bishop-seat:

16 km (Jerusalem)

Distance from Roman roads:

ca. 1 km from the road leading northwards from Jerusalem.

Source of knowledge

Archaeological remains

Surveyed site

Surveyors:

Name	Date
Robinson and Smith	1841
Guerin	1868-1869
Legrange	1892
Sternberg	1915
Finkelstein, Lederman and Bunimovitz	1981-1985
Magen and Finkelstein	1993

Excavated site

Excavators:

Name	Date
Albright and Kelso	1954

Bibliograpy:

Robinson, E. and Smith, E., 1841	125-7
Guérin, V., 1868-1880	14-27
Conder, C. R. and Kitchener, H. H., 1882	295-6
Lagrange, M. J., 1892	439-56
Kelso, J. L., 1968	43, 53
Bagatti, B., 1979
Magen, Y. and Finkelstein, I., 1993	80
Tsafrir, Y., Di Segni, L. and Green, J., 1994	81
Finkelstein, I., Bunimvitz, S. and Lederman, Z., 1997	518
Bagatti, B., 2002	30-4
Magen, Y. and Kagan, E. D., 2012	239

Abbreviation for Journals and Series

State of certainty:

Uncertain / Questionable

General description

State of preservation/which parts were uncovered:

A large structure was noted during the excavations of the church. This strucutre, suggested to have been a monastery, was not excavated. No further details were provided.

General description

Churche/s:

Basilical (32.9 x 14.3 m).

Water installations:

Cisterns were found in the vicinity.

Small finds

Detailed description

Components

Monastery church:

Church type	Diakonikon	Link to church section	Church location
basilical

Water installations:

Cisterns

Architectural evolution

Phase 1
Abandonment

General outline:

According to the excavators, the church and the monastery (if such) functioned from the sixth century.

Phase date

Century:

6th c.

General outline:

The excavation showed signs of a conflagration in the church. This may indicate a violent destruction, perhaps caused by the Persian occupation or of the Arab conquest.

Phase date

Century:

7th c?

Within century:

First half