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Yasuf
Yasuf (Arabic: ياسوف) is a Palestinian village in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, northeast of Salfit, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,093 in 2017. About 87% of the population relies on agriculture for income, while the remainder work in the public sector.
Yasuf is 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north-east of Salfit. It is bordered by Yatma and Za'tara to the east, As-Sawiya to the east and south, Iskaka to the south and west, Jamma'in to the west and north, and Huwwara to the north.
Yasuf is an ancient village that is known from all periods. Potsherds from the Iron Age II (8th and 7th centuries BCE), have been found, and also from the Hellenistic/Roman, Crusader/Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Ottoman era. Byzantine ceramics have also been found.
NE and SW of the village is a large cemetery, with tombs carved into rock, some with arcosolia.
Yasuf is identified with the Israelite village of Yaashuv mentioned in the Samaria Ostraca.
During the Roman period it was one of three important markets for fruits, grains and legumes in the northern Judean mountains, southern Samaria, and the region of Lod.
The village is mentioned by its current name in the Samaritan Book of Joshua, and in the "Samaritan Chronicle", its name is recorded as Jusepheh. According to the former, a story recounts how two Samaritan brothers, Ephraim and Menashe of Yasuf, hosted a Jewish pilgrim for the night and swapped the doves the pilgrim intended to offer as a sacrifice in the Temple of Jerusalem with mice. When their actions were discovered, they were punished and forced into servitude in the Temple. In a Samaritan text, the town was known to be inhabited by Samaritan High Priests.
During the Crusader period Diya' al-Din (1173–1245) writes that there was a rural mosque in Yasuf, indicating that there was a significant Muslim population in the village at the time. He also noted that followers of Ibn Qudamah lived here.
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Yasuf
Yasuf (Arabic: ياسوف) is a Palestinian village in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, northeast of Salfit, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,093 in 2017. About 87% of the population relies on agriculture for income, while the remainder work in the public sector.
Yasuf is 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north-east of Salfit. It is bordered by Yatma and Za'tara to the east, As-Sawiya to the east and south, Iskaka to the south and west, Jamma'in to the west and north, and Huwwara to the north.
Yasuf is an ancient village that is known from all periods. Potsherds from the Iron Age II (8th and 7th centuries BCE), have been found, and also from the Hellenistic/Roman, Crusader/Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Ottoman era. Byzantine ceramics have also been found.
NE and SW of the village is a large cemetery, with tombs carved into rock, some with arcosolia.
Yasuf is identified with the Israelite village of Yaashuv mentioned in the Samaria Ostraca.
During the Roman period it was one of three important markets for fruits, grains and legumes in the northern Judean mountains, southern Samaria, and the region of Lod.
The village is mentioned by its current name in the Samaritan Book of Joshua, and in the "Samaritan Chronicle", its name is recorded as Jusepheh. According to the former, a story recounts how two Samaritan brothers, Ephraim and Menashe of Yasuf, hosted a Jewish pilgrim for the night and swapped the doves the pilgrim intended to offer as a sacrifice in the Temple of Jerusalem with mice. When their actions were discovered, they were punished and forced into servitude in the Temple. In a Samaritan text, the town was known to be inhabited by Samaritan High Priests.
During the Crusader period Diya' al-Din (1173–1245) writes that there was a rural mosque in Yasuf, indicating that there was a significant Muslim population in the village at the time. He also noted that followers of Ibn Qudamah lived here.