Área de identidad
Tipo de entidad
Entidad colectiva
Forma autorizada del nombre
Biblical Zoo Museum
Forma(s) paralela(s) de nombre
Forma(s) normalizada del nombre, de acuerdo a otras reglas
Otra(s) forma(s) de nombre
- Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
- The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem
Identificadores para instituciones
Área de descripción
Fechas de existencia
1940-
Historia
The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, popularly known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, is a zoo located in the Malha neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The zoo was founded by Aharon Shulov, a professor of zoology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus. Among Shulov's goals were to provide a research facility for his students; to gather animals, reptiles and birds mentioned in the Bible; and, as he wrote in 1951, to break down the 'invisible wall' between the intellectuals on Mount Scopus and the general public