The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery, of the Holy LandT. Nelson, 1869 - 718 pages |
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Page 195
... Lake of Galilee is the great centre of interest in this Striking eastward from Acre ( after visiting Carmel ) , we reach the Lake of Galilee by el Mughar , and traverse its whole margin . Leaving it at Magdala , we come in a south ...
... Lake of Galilee is the great centre of interest in this Striking eastward from Acre ( after visiting Carmel ) , we reach the Lake of Galilee by el Mughar , and traverse its whole margin . Leaving it at Magdala , we come in a south ...
Page 225
... lake - under my special protection . I am self - constituted cicerone , and jealous of her reputa- tion . By right of office , I maintain that the Hûleh is unrivalled in beauty , Unri- no matter when or from what point beheld . From the ...
... lake - under my special protection . I am self - constituted cicerone , and jealous of her reputa- tion . By right of office , I maintain that the Hûleh is unrivalled in beauty , Unri- no matter when or from what point beheld . From the ...
Page 238
... Lake Phiala . Lake Phiala -- now Burket Ram . Sacred groves-- High places - Inhabited trees . Oak or terebinth ? Oak forests . Castle of Banias - perhaps Baal - Her- mon . Scorpions . March 4th . Northern ACCORDING to your location of ...
... Lake Phiala . Lake Phiala -- now Burket Ram . Sacred groves-- High places - Inhabited trees . Oak or terebinth ? Oak forests . Castle of Banias - perhaps Baal - Her- mon . Scorpions . March 4th . Northern ACCORDING to your location of ...
Page 239
... lake , now called Burket Ram , is two hours nearly due east , and for the * [ Lake Phiala , so called by Josephus from its resemblance to a cup , is now called Burket Ram . " It lies , " says Dr. Robinson , " at the bottom of a deep ...
... lake , now called Burket Ram , is two hours nearly due east , and for the * [ Lake Phiala , so called by Josephus from its resemblance to a cup , is now called Burket Ram . " It lies , " says Dr. Robinson , " at the bottom of a deep ...
Page 240
... Lake Phiala . first hour , to ' Ain Kunych , the ascent is quite steep , and over vast formations of trap rock , and this whole region is of the same volcanic character down to the River Jermuk , south - east of the Lake of Tiberias ...
... Lake Phiala . first hour , to ' Ain Kunych , the ascent is quite steep , and over vast formations of trap rock , and this whole region is of the same volcanic character down to the River Jermuk , south - east of the Lake of Tiberias ...
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Acre allusions ancient Arabs Baalbek Banias beautiful Bedawîn Beirût Beisan Beit Bethsaida Bible built Cæsarea called Capernaum Carmel castle cave CHAPTER cisterns columns custom David desert doubt east Egypt entire Esdraelon fact flocks gate Gaza Gennesaret Hamath Hazor Hebrew Hebron Hermon hills Holy hour Hûleh hundred feet inhabitants Israel Jacob Jaffa Jaulan Jerusalem Jews Jordan Josephus Joshua Kenites king lake land Lebanon Lord Lydd mentioned miles Moses Moslems mountains Naphtali neighbourhood never night north-west olive Oriental Palestine pass Philistines plain probably prophet Ramleh region ride river road rock round ruins sacred says scene seen sepulchres sheikh shore side Sidon Sisera Solomon south-east stone suppose Syria Tell temple tent terebinth thing thou thousand Tiberias tion tombs travellers trees tribes Tyre unto valley vast village Wady wall whole wild wind Zion