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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... interest in Biblical studies has been greatly increased and extended . Any work designed to meet the wants of those who now daily search the Script- ures should abound in illustrations , both textual and picto- rial , which are accurate ...
... interest in Biblical studies has been greatly increased and extended . Any work designed to meet the wants of those who now daily search the Script- ures should abound in illustrations , both textual and picto- rial , which are accurate ...
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... interest . It is from this land we have received that marvellous spiritual lan- guage through which we gain nearly all true religious knowl- edge . Here it was devised and first used , and here are found its best illustrations . To form ...
... interest . It is from this land we have received that marvellous spiritual lan- guage through which we gain nearly all true religious knowl- edge . Here it was devised and first used , and here are found its best illustrations . To form ...
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... interest . New and strange they certainly are , at any rate . This street along which we are threading our way , with some difficulty and a little danger , is a genuine novelty . It is Jaffa's one thoroughfare , through which nearly all ...
... interest . New and strange they certainly are , at any rate . This street along which we are threading our way , with some difficulty and a little danger , is a genuine novelty . It is Jaffa's one thoroughfare , through which nearly all ...
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... interest . The Bible says that " the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah ; " and in Matthew it is called a whale by our Saviour.2 Now , if I am correctly informed , there are no whales in the Medi- terranean . It is by no ...
... interest . The Bible says that " the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah ; " and in Matthew it is called a whale by our Saviour.2 Now , if I am correctly informed , there are no whales in the Medi- terranean . It is by no ...
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... interest in all our rambles through the land . Lemons and oranges , pomegranates and quinces , apples and apri- cots , and all kinds of fruits and vegetables , in their season , which these extensive gardens produce , are here exposed ...
... interest in all our rambles through the land . Lemons and oranges , pomegranates and quinces , apples and apri- cots , and all kinds of fruits and vegetables , in their season , which these extensive gardens produce , are here exposed ...
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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