| has gloss | eng: :For the modern Israeli village, see Meron, Israel. Meiron (, Mayrûn) was a Palestinian village, located west of Safad. Associated with the ancient Canaanite city of Merom, excavations at the site have found extensive remains from the Hellenistic and Early Roman periods. The remains include a 3rd century synagogue, and Meiron served as a prominent local religious centre at the time. During Ottoman rule in Palestine, only a small number of Jews lived in Meiron, its inhabitants being predominantly Arab Muslims. Landownership in the village was nonetheless split almost evenly between Arabs and Jews. Merom is mentioned in 2nd milleniun BCE Egyptian sources, and in Tiglath-pileser IIIs accounts of his expedition to the Galilee in 733-732 BCE (where it is transcribed as Marum). It is mentioned in the Talmud as being a village in which sheep were reared, that was also renowned for its olive oil. |
