Elonei Mamre

Elonei Mamre
Mamre (/ˈmæmri/; Hebrew: מַמְרֵא), full Hebrew name Elonei Mamre refers to an ancient cultic shrine originally focused on a single holy tree, belonging to Canaan.

The story goes that Abram met three men who were standing near the oak of Mamre, who turned out to be angels....

Talmudic sources refer to the site as Beth Ilanim or Botnah, where it was one of the three most important “fairs”, or market places, in Judea. Mamre lies approximately halfway between Halhul and historical Hebron, 4 kilometres north of the latter.

The fair at Botnah was famous for its pagan flavor from the massive amount of information about it that has survived until today.