The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page xi
... originals of which his pictures are to be copies . For a quarter of a century he has resided amid the scenes and the scenery to be described , and from mid - day to midnight , in winter and in summer , has gazed upon them with a joyous ...
... originals of which his pictures are to be copies . For a quarter of a century he has resided amid the scenes and the scenery to be described , and from mid - day to midnight , in winter and in summer , has gazed upon them with a joyous ...
Page xiv
... real value of the work . Many of them are original , and others selected from the best existing sources , and so corrected as to be more true to AUTHOR'S PREFACE . XV In this depart- nature , and xiv AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
... real value of the work . Many of them are original , and others selected from the best existing sources , and so corrected as to be more true to AUTHOR'S PREFACE . XV In this depart- nature , and xiv AUTHOR'S PREFACE .
Page 30
... original Jewish habits and practices , it is plain that the Christian Church , from the very first , established new customs in these respects . It is supposed that the men are required to worship with heads uncovered , as a tacit ...
... original Jewish habits and practices , it is plain that the Christian Church , from the very first , established new customs in these respects . It is supposed that the men are required to worship with heads uncovered , as a tacit ...
Page 57
... original home was in the great African desert , and , during the countless ages of the past , it has been drifted first by the wind into the sea , and then by the current along the northern coast past Egypt , and around the head of the ...
... original home was in the great African desert , and , during the countless ages of the past , it has been drifted first by the wind into the sea , and then by the current along the northern coast past Egypt , and around the head of the ...
Page 59
... original . The main source of this river is near ' Ain Zehal- teh , a village five hours to the east , under the lofty ridge of Lebanon . Other streams from the mountain farther north unite with this at Jisr el Kâdy , on the road from ...
... original . The main source of this river is near ' Ain Zehal- teh , a village five hours to the east , under the lofty ridge of Lebanon . Other streams from the mountain farther north unite with this at Jisr el Kâdy , on the road from ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion