The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of The Holy LandT. Nelson & Sons, 1877 - 718 pages |
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... direction opposite to that pursued by most travellers . Palestine is commonly entered from the south ; and Hebron , Bethlehem , and Jerusalem are among the first places visited by tourists . Dr. Thomson enters it from the north , and ...
... direction opposite to that pursued by most travellers . Palestine is commonly entered from the south ; and Hebron , Bethlehem , and Jerusalem are among the first places visited by tourists . Dr. Thomson enters it from the north , and ...
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... directions of the Apostle may merely be part and parcel of those modifications and adaptations by which the gospel was ( as Paul says of himself ) to become all things to all men for their salvation . The mixture of Oriental Christians ...
... directions of the Apostle may merely be part and parcel of those modifications and adaptations by which the gospel was ( as Paul says of himself ) to become all things to all men for their salvation . The mixture of Oriental Christians ...
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... directions in their exact letter . Their spirit , however , will always be obligatory in every country and all states of society ; and a little more modesty in female attire would be a very happy improvement in many a Western ...
... directions in their exact letter . Their spirit , however , will always be obligatory in every country and all states of society ; and a little more modesty in female attire would be a very happy improvement in many a Western ...
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... direction of the coast , and along the base of the hills it is so low as to appear like an island to one sailing up from Sidon . The surface rises gradually from the south to the immediate vicinity of the city , where it is about three ...
... direction of the coast , and along the base of the hills it is so low as to appear like an island to one sailing up from Sidon . The surface rises gradually from the south to the immediate vicinity of the city , where it is about three ...
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... direction nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river . The next ...
... direction nearly west , where it was carried over the river of Beirût on a series of lofty arches . The highest tier numbers twenty - five , and the canal upon them was one hundred and sixty feet above the bed of the river . The next ...
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Abraham Acre allusions ancient appear Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beit Beth-horon Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER church cisterns columns custom David Dead Sea deep descended desert doubt east Egypt En-rogel entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Gerar Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron hills Holy hour Hûleh inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains never night north-west Palestine pass Philistines plain pools prophet Ramleh remarkable ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell Temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs towers travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion