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Jordan

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

Jordan a river flowing southward for 320 km (200 miles) from the Anti-Lebanon Mountains through the Sea of Galilee into the Dead Sea. John the Baptist baptized Christ in the River Jordan. It is regarded as sacred not only by Christians but also by Jews and Muslims.

The crossing of Jordan is taken figuratively (after Numbers 33:51, in reference to the Israelites passing over Jordan to the land of Canaan) to symbolize death; the usage was reinforced by John Bunyan in the second part of Pilgrim's Progress (1684) in the story of Mr Standfast's crossing the river.

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Jordan, River

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

Jordan, River. Formed from the waters of four streams which converge, the Jordan flows through the ‘Sea of Galilee’ and eventually enters the Dead Sea. By their passage of the Jordan the Hebrews first entered the Promised Land (Jos. 3: 16); St John the Baptist preached on its banks, and Christ was among those baptized in its waters (Mt. 3: 13). The Jordan became an emblem of the achievement of purity (especially in Baptism) and of the last hindrance to man's final blessedness.

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Jordan

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Jordan river, 60 mi (97 km) long, draining Utah Lake N into Great Salt Lake, N central Utah; it passes through Salt Lake City. Fed by numerous streams flowing off the Wasatch Range, the Jordan is used for irrigation and forms the heart of the Utah Oasis. Mormons settled along its banks in the mid-1800s.

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