Zone d'identification
Type of entity
Collectivité
Forme autorisée du nom
Biblical Zoo Museum
forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Autre(s) forme(s) du nom
- Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
- The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates d’existence
1940-
Historique
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