The Cave of Elijah on Mount Carmel: A Co-Produced Multi-Religious Site

Located on the outskirts of the city of Haifa, at the bottom of the northwestern slope of mount Carmel (Israel), the “cave of Elijah” has long been considered a holy place by believers from various religions, among them Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Studying the cave’s history helps us understand the appearance of pilgrimage outside of Jerusalem among Jews and Christians against the background of Greek and Roman divination practices. How far back does the religious co-production of the cave of Elijah go and how did it happen?