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Overlooking the Bay of Haifa on the slope of Mount Carmel is a large artificial, rectangular cave venerated to this day as Elijah’s Cave and associated with Elijah’s famous contest with the priests of Baal (1 Kings 18:20–40). The cave may have been created as early as the time of Herod. For hundreds of years pilgrims have come here seeking guidance from the prophet or a cure for an ailment or a husband for a daughter or to celebrate some good fortune. Its walls are covered with hundreds of names incised by visitors—a treasure trove for scholars. These names […]

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Endnotes

Asher Ovadiah and Rosario Pierri, “Elijah’s Cave on Mount Carmel and Its Inscriptions,” Liber Annuus 62 (2012), pp. 203–282.