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 ix
... present edition is designed to make more generally known to British readers , carries us over a part of Southern Syria and over Palestine , but in a direction opposite to that pursued by most travellers . Palestine is commonly entered ...
... present edition is designed to make more generally known to British readers , carries us over a part of Southern Syria and over Palestine , but in a direction opposite to that pursued by most travellers . Palestine is commonly entered ...
Page xi
... present work upon the notice of the public . Commentaries are daily multiplying ; geographies and dictionaries , researches and travels almost innumerable , lend their aid to the student of the sacred page , and it is not proposed to ...
... present work upon the notice of the public . Commentaries are daily multiplying ; geographies and dictionaries , researches and travels almost innumerable , lend their aid to the student of the sacred page , and it is not proposed to ...
Page 24
... present day in this same field of Zoan . We shall not reach the city to - day if we stop at every tree and shrub that is strange , Oriental , or Biblical . Moslem prayers . Very likely . Here , for example , are the almond , the olive ...
... present day in this same field of Zoan . We shall not reach the city to - day if we stop at every tree and shrub that is strange , Oriental , or Biblical . Moslem prayers . Very likely . Here , for example , are the almond , the olive ...
Page 30
... present at all , are unveiled . Now , if these are 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 ...
... present at all , are unveiled . Now , if these are 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 ...
Page 34
... present representative of the Sublime Porte at Beirût . There are a few orange and lemon gardens , where they can be irrigated . Figs , almonds , and apricots abound , and in certain parts " The palm - tree rears his stately head on ...
... present representative of the Sublime Porte at Beirût . There are a few orange and lemon gardens , where they can be irrigated . Figs , almonds , and apricots abound , and in certain parts " The palm - tree rears his stately head on ...
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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