Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... Jews in Jerusalem , founded by Sir Moses Montefiore and other wealthy and benevolent European Jews . The Christians of Jerusalem are composed of various sects , the most powerful being those of the Greek Church , whose patriarch has his ...
... Jews in Jerusalem , founded by Sir Moses Montefiore and other wealthy and benevolent European Jews . The Christians of Jerusalem are composed of various sects , the most powerful being those of the Greek Church , whose patriarch has his ...
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... Jews as a place of refuge in the time of the Roman persecutions . The well has a dozen different names - the Dragon's Well , the Well of the Sun , the Spring of Gihon , and the King's Pool ; while the present name - St . Mary's Well ...
... Jews as a place of refuge in the time of the Roman persecutions . The well has a dozen different names - the Dragon's Well , the Well of the Sun , the Spring of Gihon , and the King's Pool ; while the present name - St . Mary's Well ...
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... Jews , and their physiognomy is that of the Abrahamic type , Semitic , and Oriental in every respect . And these Jews of to - day are descendants of those who came as captive slaves or prisoners of war with Titus ; who paid taxes ...
... Jews , and their physiognomy is that of the Abrahamic type , Semitic , and Oriental in every respect . And these Jews of to - day are descendants of those who came as captive slaves or prisoners of war with Titus ; who paid taxes ...
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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