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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: Academia - On That Day, His Feet Will Stand on the Mount of Olives: The Mount of Olives and Its Hero between Jews, Christians, and Muslims (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Jan 01, 2025
	Add new Web site: Fellowship of Israel Related Ministries - The Meaning of the Mount of Olives to Jesus in the Bible.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 08, 2024
	Added cross-reference.	Adam Zeidan	Apr 24, 2024
	Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Olivet.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - On That Day, His Feet Will Stand on the Mount of Olives: The Mount of Olives and Its Hero between Jews, Christians, and Muslims (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 12, 2023
	Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - The Mount of Olives.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 03, 2023
	Map added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 05, 2023
	Added mention of its importance to Islam.	Adam Zeidan	Jul 08, 2019
	Article revised to mention that Jesus' "Olivet Discourse" was delivered on the Mount of Olives and to clarify that the Gospel According to Luke says that the Ascension occurred on the mount near Bethany.	Matt Stefon DEAN SNYDER	Jun 09, 2014
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 26, 2010
	Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Mount Olivet.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
	Added new Web site: Bible History Online - Mount of Olives.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
	Added new Web site: Bible Places - Mount of Olives.	Shiveta Singh	Jan 21, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998