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an ancient country is southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
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The Holy Land refers to Israel, as the Bahá'í Administrative Center. It is considered Holy not only because it contains sites that are Holy for Jews, Christians and Muslims, but also because it contains the resting places of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
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land in the Middle East occupied by the Jews; parts of it are known as Israel and Palestine
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The expression The Holy Land (Hebrew ארץ הקודש: Standard Hebrew Éreẓ haQodeš, Tiberian Hebrew ʾÉreṣ haqQāḏēš; Latin Terra Sancta; Arabic الأرض المقدسة, al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah) generally refers to the Land of Israel. It concerns the areas that hold significant religious importance to any or all three monotheistic Abrahamic traditions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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The Holy Land is an area of south Toxteth, Liverpool, composed of several streets with Biblical names, Moses Street, Isaac Street, Jacob Street, David Street. Many homes on the streets are Victorian terraced houses.
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Holy Land is a 1996 heavy-metal concept album by Angra. Its theme is centered around the Brazilian land by the time it was discovered in the 1500s, illustrated in the cover in an old map. The album contains many indian and folkloric influences of Brazilian music, but has also classical arranges symbolizing Europe at the time.
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The Holy Land is the territory where the Biblical stories took place, those described by the Tanakh or those by the New Testament. The concept had its evolution in the same Scriptures. For some Biblical authors the territory was marked by the concept of Promised Land, but for others it refers to those events in any place related to the People of Israel.
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