# Rihab
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{{Short description|Village in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan}}
{{Short description|City in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan}}
{{For|the village in Saudi Arabia|Mafraq, Saudi Arabia}}
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| image_caption = A training session at the girls’ school in Rihab Village
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| subdivision_name1 = [Mafraq Governorate](/source/Mafraq_Governorate)
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'''Rihab''' is a village in [Mafraq Governorate](/source/Mafraq_Governorate), in northern [Jordan](/source/Jordan).
==Antique church buildings==
Rihab is home to numerous natural caves and dozens of churches, most of which date back to the late sixth or early seventh century.[{{cite news |last=Milstein |first=Mati |date=13 June 2008 |title="Oldest Church" Discovery "Ridiculous," Critics Say |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080613-old-church.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081108094044/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/06/080613-old-church.html |archive-date=2008-11-08 |work=[National Geographic](/source/National_Geographic) |location= |access-date=}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-giz-preserve-unique-mosaic-heritage-rihab |title=UNESCO, GIZ preserve unique mosaic heritage in Rihab |last= |first= |date=8 March 2021 |website= |publisher=[UNESCO](/source/UNESCO) |access-date= |quote=}}]
St. George's church in AMORIHAB is claimed to be one of the oldest churches in the world.[{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5613/ |title=Hatay, St. Pierre Church |last= |first= |date=15 April 2011 |website= |publisher=[UNESCO](/source/UNESCO) [World Heritage Convention](/source/World_Heritage_Convention). Tentative Lists |access-date= |quote=}}] A cave beneath the church may have been used for Christian worship as early as AD 33, although this claim has been contested by experts.[{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7446812.stm |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |first=Matt |last=McGrath |title=Jordan cave may be oldest church |date=10 June 2008}}][{{cite news |last= |first= |date=12 June 2008 |title=Doubts Raised About Ancient Christian Shrine in Jordan |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/doubts-raised-about-ancient-christian-shrine-in-jordan/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108061558/https://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/06/12/doubts-raised-about-ancient-christian-shrine-in-jordan/ |archive-date=2014-11-08 |work=[Fox News](/source/Fox_News) |location= |url-status=live|access-date=}} ]
==Demographics==
In 1961 the population of Rihab was 526 persons.[Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p20.pdf 20]]
==See also==
* [List of oldest church buildings](/source/List_of_oldest_church_buildings)
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Mittmann |first1=Siegfried |date=1967 |title=Die Mosaikinschrift der Menas-Kirche in Riḥāb |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27930795 |journal=[Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins](/source/Zeitschrift_des_Deutschen_Pal%C3%A4stina-Vereins) |volume=83 |issue=1 |pages=42–45 |language=German|doi= |jstor=27930795 |access-date=}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Piccirillo |first1=Michele |author-link1= Michele Piccirillo (archaeologist)|last2=Storme |first2=Albert |date=January 1981 |title=LES ANTIQUITÉS DE RIḤAB DES BENÊ ḤASAN |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44088520 |journal=[Revue Biblique](/source/Revue_Biblique) |publisher=Peeters Publishers| volume=88 |issue=1 |pages=62–69 |language=French |doi= |jstor=44088520 |access-date=}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Abu-Ghazalah |first1=Samer |last2=Al-Hissan |first2=Abdel-kader |date=2002 |title=Discovery of the Oldest Church of the World |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00038628.2002.9696943 |journal=Architectural Science Review |volume=45 |issue=4 |pages=295–297 |doi=10.1080/00038628.2002.9696943 |s2cid=219597102 |access-date=|url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Al-Bashaireh |first1=Khaled |last2=Al-Housan |first2=Abdul Qader |date=2015 |title=Provenance investigation of white marbles of chancel screens from Rihab Byzantine churches, northeast Jordan. |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1296207414001423 |journal=[Journal of Cultural Heritage](/source/Journal_of_Cultural_Heritage) |volume=16 |issue= 4|pages=591–596 |doi=10.1016/j.culher.2014.10.002 |access-date=|url-access=subscription }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Aliquot |first1=Julien |last2=Al-Husan |first2=Abdul Qader |date=2020 |title=The Church of Saint John the Baptist in Riḥāb (Jordan): epigraphy and history |url=https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03076673/document |journal=Berytus, American University of Beirut |volume=59-60 |issue= |pages=107–130 |doi= |access-date=}}
{{commons category|Rihab, Jordan}}
Category:Populated places in Mafraq Governorate
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