Sinai and Palestine, in Connection with Their HistoryJohn Murray, 1870 - 535 pages |
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Page viii
... traveller at the present time . In the use of the geographical terms of the Old and New Testament , I have aimed at a greater precision than has been reached or perhaps attempted in the Authorised Ver- sion ; and have thrown into an ...
... traveller at the present time . In the use of the geographical terms of the Old and New Testament , I have aimed at a greater precision than has been reached or perhaps attempted in the Authorised Ver- sion ; and have thrown into an ...
Page ix
... traveller Mr. Theodore Walrond , Fellow of Balliol College , Oxford . Without him the journey , to which I shall always look back as one of the most instructive periods of my life , would in all prob- ability never have been ...
... traveller Mr. Theodore Walrond , Fellow of Balliol College , Oxford . Without him the journey , to which I shall always look back as one of the most instructive periods of my life , would in all prob- ability never have been ...
Page xvi
... traveller . But as a general rule these attempts are only mischievous to the cause which they intend to uphold . The present aspect of these sites may rather , for the most part , be hailed as a convincing proof that the Spirit of ...
... traveller . But as a general rule these attempts are only mischievous to the cause which they intend to uphold . The present aspect of these sites may rather , for the most part , be hailed as a convincing proof that the Spirit of ...
Page xvii
... traveller . correcting , elucidating , developing the successive deposi- tions which they have made from age to age . It is impossible not to be struck by the constant agree- ment between the recorded history and the natural geog- raphy ...
... traveller . correcting , elucidating , developing the successive deposi- tions which they have made from age to age . It is impossible not to be struck by the constant agree- ment between the recorded history and the natural geog- raphy ...
Page xxii
... traveller's mere passing glances at Oriental customs , much more the detailed accounts of Lane and of Burckhardt , contain a mine of Scriptural illustration which it is an unworthy superstition either to despise or to fear.1 VI ...
... traveller's mere passing glances at Oriental customs , much more the detailed accounts of Lane and of Burckhardt , contain a mine of Scriptural illustration which it is an unworthy superstition either to despise or to fear.1 VI ...
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Akaba ancient Arabah Arabs Bedouin Beth-horon called cave Chapter Christian Chron Church cliffs Dead Sea deep descended described Desert Deut east eastern Egypt Egyptian encampment Ephraim Esdraelon Galilee Gebel Mousa Gibeah Gibeon Greek Gulf Hebrew Hebron heights Hermon hills Holy Isai Israel Israelites Jericho Jerusalem Jewish Jordan Josephus Josh Joshua Judæa Judah Kings lake land Lebanon Michmash Moab Moses Mount Mount Hor mountain Mussulman Nile northern Numb Olivet Palestine pass passage peculiar Petra Philistines Phoenicia pilgrims plain probably Prophet ravine rendered river rock rocky round ruins sacred Samaria sanctuary scene scenery Sea of Galilee seen Sepulchre Serbâl Shechem shores side Sinai spot spring stone stream summit Temple terebinth tion tomb town tradition traveller trees tribes valley viii village Wâdy walls western whole wild wilderness word xviii xxiii