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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... original identity of the stories . But Jaffa has a history not made up of fables , and , alas ! for the most part , written in blood . Scarcely any other town has been so often overthrown , sacked , pil- laged , burned , and rebuilt ...
... original identity of the stories . But Jaffa has a history not made up of fables , and , alas ! for the most part , written in blood . Scarcely any other town has been so often overthrown , sacked , pil- laged , burned , and rebuilt ...
Page 17
... original theosophy . We are struck with this in all the Bible histories in which these people have occasion to speak of God and his attributes . The Canaanites . could talk as devoutly as Abraham , and Nebuchadnezzar with as much ...
... original theosophy . We are struck with this in all the Bible histories in which these people have occasion to speak of God and his attributes . The Canaanites . could talk as devoutly as Abraham , and Nebuchadnezzar with as much ...
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... original name could not have been Strato's Tower , for that is Latin , and these quarries were opened long before the Romans ever appeared in Syria . That primitive city may have been the frontier town in this direction of the ...
... original name could not have been Strato's Tower , for that is Latin , and these quarries were opened long before the Romans ever appeared in Syria . That primitive city may have been the frontier town in this direction of the ...
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... original name . is of foreign derivation , given by the Romans , while the columns and other relics speak of Greek or Phoenician times and architects . Josephus says that Herod built a temple on this southern mole , and a splendid ...
... original name . is of foreign derivation , given by the Romans , while the columns and other relics speak of Greek or Phoenician times and architects . Josephus says that Herod built a temple on this southern mole , and a splendid ...
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... original name was resumed . Under this name it figures largely in the history of the Crusades , especially in connection with the Church of St. George . The Saracens had destroyed the edifice on the approach of the Crusaders , but it ...
... original name was resumed . Under this name it figures largely in the history of the Crusades , especially in connection with the Church of St. George . The Saracens had destroyed the edifice on the approach of the Crusaders , but it ...
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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