The Land and the Book: Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of the Holy Land, Volume 1T. Nelson, 1881 |
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Page 19
... entire plain seems to cover a river of vast breadth , percolating through the sand en route to the sea . Hundreds of Persian water - wheels , working night and day , produce no sensible diminution , and this inexhaustible source of ...
... entire plain seems to cover a river of vast breadth , percolating through the sand en route to the sea . Hundreds of Persian water - wheels , working night and day , produce no sensible diminution , and this inexhaustible source of ...
Page 29
... entire community , in fact , with all they possessed . Hence the reasonableness of the oft - repeated command , that all within thy gates , including the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow , should participate in the great feasts ...
... entire community , in fact , with all they possessed . Hence the reasonableness of the oft - repeated command , that all within thy gates , including the stranger , the fatherless , and the widow , should participate in the great feasts ...
Page 32
... entire city occupies the north and north - west sides of the small cape on which it stands , the houses rising tier above tier from the very verge of the sea . The declivity is so precipitous that the flat roofs of the lower tier of ...
... entire city occupies the north and north - west sides of the small cape on which it stands , the houses rising tier above tier from the very verge of the sea . The declivity is so precipitous that the flat roofs of the lower tier of ...
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... or illustra- tion . The Church , the universal Christian Church , has , in fact , transferred the entire Psalter bodily into her bosom ; and with- PALESTINE THE HOME OF THE BIBLE . 39 out it 38 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
... or illustra- tion . The Church , the universal Christian Church , has , in fact , transferred the entire Psalter bodily into her bosom ; and with- PALESTINE THE HOME OF THE BIBLE . 39 out it 38 THE LAND AND THE BOOK .
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... entire material out of which poets build their lofty verse has been gathered up and appropriated . If this be so , how comes it that Palestine has never produced any great poet or grand epic ? The answer is that Biblical poets had a ...
... entire material out of which poets build their lofty verse has been gathered up and appropriated . If this be so , how comes it that Palestine has never produced any great poet or grand epic ? The answer is that Biblical poets had a ...
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Abimelech Abraham amongst ancient Antipatris appears aqueduct Arabs arch Ashdod Askelon Bedawîn Beit Jibrîn Beth-shemesh Bible Biblical bricks built Cæsarea called camels castle cave church cisterns Damascus Gate David Dead Sea deep desert east Egypt En-rogel entire Eshcol farther feet gardens Gate Gaza Gerar Gilgal Hajla Haram Hebrew Hebron Herod hill Holy City hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Jaffa Jericho Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Judah king Lachish land Lieutenant Conder Lord Makkedah mentioned miles modern Moses mosk Moslem mountains Palestine pass patriarchs Philistines pilgrims plain pool present probably prophet Ramleh region ride ridge river road rock ruins sacred says scene seen Sepulchre Shephelah shore side south-east stone Sultân suppose Tell Temple thou tion tomb tower Tower of David travellers trees unto valley village Wady wall whole wilderness Yebna Zion