You are hereHomeBARJuly/August 2003The Shechem Temple In the Masoretic Text (the traditional Hebrew text of the Bible), ha-alla has the consonantal spelling of terebinth but the stem pattern of oak; see Robert G. Boling, Joshua (Anchor Bible Series 6) (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1982), p. 532. Join the BAS Library! Already a library member? Log in here. Institution user? Log in with your IP address.