Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Biblical Zoo Museum
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
The Tisch Family Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1940-
History
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