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BY ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, D.D., F.R.S.,

CORRESPONDANT DE L'INSTITUT IMPÉRIAL DE FRANCE,

Mühlenberg

Br. MAY 1910

EGYPT IN RELATION TO ISRAEL.

1. Nile in the Delta.

3. Heliopolis.

2. View from the Citadel at Cairo.

4. Valley of the Nile. 5. Tombs of Beni-Hassan. 6. Tombs and Hermits.

7. Thebes-Colossal statues. 8. Thebes-Karnac and the Royal Tombs.

9. Nile at Silsilis. 10. At the First Cataract. 11. Philæ. 12. Nile in

Nubia. 13. Ipsambul. 14. Nile at the Second Cataract. 15. Dendera.

16. Memphis. 17. The Pyramids

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CHAPTER I. PART I. PENINSULA OF SINAI.

I. General configuration-the Mountains, the Desert, and the Sea. 1. The Two

Gulfs. 2. The Flateau of the Tih. 3. The Sandy Tract of Debbet er-

Ramleh. 4. The Mountains of the Tûr. (a) The Ka'a--the Shores.

(b) The Passes. (c) The Mountains; the Three Groups-the Colours-the

Confusion-the Desolation-the Silence. (d) The Wâdys-the Vegetation

the Springs-the Oases

II. General Adaptation to the History. The Scenery-the Physical Phenomena

-the Present Inhabitants-Changes in the features of the Desert

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III. Local Traditions of the History. 1. Arab Tradition-Traditions of Moses.

Loss of the Ancient Names. 2. Greek Traditions. 3. Early Traditions

of Eusebius and Jerome

IV. Route of the Israelites. 1. Passage of the Red Sea. 2. Marah and Elim.

3. Encampment by the Red Sea. 4. Wilderness of Sin. 5. Choice between

Serbal and Jebel Musa as Sinai. 6. Special localities of the History

V. Later History of the Peninsula. 1. Elijah's visit. 2. Josephus. 3. Allu-

sions of St. Paul. 4. Christian Hermitages; Convent of St. Catherine.

5. Mosque in the Convent; Visit of Mahomet. 6. Present State of the

Convent. 7. Sanctuary of Sheykh Saleh ..

Note A. Sinaitic Inscriptions

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