The modern world is no stranger to sites that are sacred to more than one religious tradition. They tend to be places of conflict as each group lays claim to the space as their exclusive domain. The Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron are touchstones for conflict between Muslims and Jews, and the brawls among representatives of the various churches that share custody of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem are legendary. Likewise, the sharing of the holy space on Mount Zion, revered by Jews as the tomb of David and by Christians as the site of Jesus’ last supper, has met with uneven success. Yet this pattern is not universal, and some shared shrines have allowed multiple traditions to exist alongside one another in relative harmony, such as those where the prophet Elijah, St. George, and Khiḍr are remembered.1 In Roman and late antique Palestine, one of the most famous shared sites was Mamre, near Hebron, where the coexistence of multiple religious traditions lasted for several centuries. The fifth-century historian Sozomen described Mamre in this way: