Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838, Volume 1

Couverture
Crocker and Brewster, 1874
 

Table des matières

Ayun Mûsa with palm trees etc 62 Many Wadys encamp in Wady Sudr
63
Wady Wutah 69 March 20th Jebel Hammâm and hot springs 69 Various
71
Mimosa Tülh Seyâl in the Wadys 75 March 21st Jebel Wutâh
75
March 22d Wady Khumileh 81 Arab cemetery 81 Wady elBurk
82
Plants 84 March 23d Difficulties of an early start 85 Inscrip
88
Sheikh Husein 94 Topography of the region and measurement of the plain 9496
94
Books and Maps 32 33
99
Library 99 Charnelhouse 99 100 Severity of Lent
100
Disappointment this not he place where the law was given and affords no wide
108
Pretended rock of Moses 112 113 Inscriptions 113 Other ruined convents
114
Horeb impending over the plain 119 Probable approach of the Israelites 120
121
Further historical notices 126 127 Early pilgrimages 127 Sinaitic Inscrip
126
The archbishop 130 Life of the monks 131 Few pilgrims 131 Property of
133
Ghafirs and quarrels 138 Danger of war Lord Lindsay 139 Former war with
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tomb of Sheikh Sâlih 145 146 Encamp 146 New camels 146 Tuweilebs
149
Encamp Tuweilebs children 149 His sojourn near elKaa 150 March 31st
156
Wady Merâkh place where Burckhardt turned back 160 Island Kureiyeh
163
FROM AKABAH TO JERUSALEM
173
Leave the Hajroad and turn towards Hebron 175 Character and elevation of this
179
Their country 181 182 Wadys and fountains along the Arabah 182 April
187
Cavern church and large fortress 193 194 Return to our road 195 Violent
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Ruins of Khulasah Elusa 201 202 Uncertainty as to the course of
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dwelling in caves 212 Strong camels 212 213 Approach to Hebron vineyards
213
Horses of pilgrims 219 First view of Jerusalem 219 Plain of Rephaim
219
city and population 222 Easter Sunday 223 Latin Mass in the church of
225
Grave and story of Costigan 229 230 American Cemetery 230 231 Tyropou
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and garden at the S W corner of the Haram 238 City wall
238
with the natives 246 The Governor 246 The Mufti 246 247 Abu Ghaush
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mountain tract 258 Character of the deep valleys 258 Gradual rise from north
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Akra north of Zion 265 Ascent from the south and on the other sides
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to the city 270 Breadth and depth opposite Gethsemane 270 271 Do opposite
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His description of the hills and valleys 278 The walls 278 279 Other
281
Tombs south of Hinnom inscriptions 353 354 The Aceldama 354
354
haps a regal style of tombs 361 362 Proofs that it belonged to Helena 362364
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Jerusalem taken and retaken 368 Unknown city of Bether 369 Cap
372
Pilgrims flock together from all parts of the world 378 End forgotten in
378
Modestus rebuilds the churches etc 387 388 The church of the Holy Sepulchre
388
Decay of the Abassides 393 Cent X The Fatimites of Egypt 393 New oppres
394
Way through Hungary 398 Lietbert of Cambray 398 Pilgrimage of the three
402
of the Sepulchre place of crucifixion 407 408 Questioned by Korte and Clarke
409
same 412414 Silence of Eusebius 414 No tradition of the spot probably existed
417
provinces etc 419 Garrison 419 Population usually overrated 420 421
424
Snow and ice 429 No particular periods of early and latter rain 429 Badness
430
lers 434 435 Arabic Lists of names etc 435 May 4th Preparations and com
437
Duwân 442 443 Way to Taiyibeh 443 444 Taiyibeh 444447 Hospitality
447
Breakfast milk and fine butter 449 Historical Notices 449451 ElBîreh
454
Not the Ramah of Samuel 458460 Hist of the tradition
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from the alleged robbers 467 May 8th Difficulty with the Mukârîyeh 468 Mes
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urements 474 475 Supply of water 475 476 Way to the Frank mountain Ŭrtâs
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Khureitûn and cavern 481 Encampment of the Taamirah 482 Character of
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Zif Ziph 492 Plain west of Kurmul 492 Plucking the ears of corn 493
493
Continual disappointment 501 First view of Dead sea in its deep chasm
500
tains and general impression 502 503 Descent of the pass 503 Optical illusion
506
Phenomena 511 512 Mineral productions 512 Depression of
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the prospect 524 Sebbeh the ancient Masada 525 526 Journey along the west
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Encamp on the cliff above Ain Terâbeh 528 Prospect of the sea 529 Circuitous
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Hist and topogr notices 538 539 Supposed inundation of the Jordan 540 Scrip
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vent 545 546 Site of another convent 546 547 Reach Jericho 547 May 13th
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Other trees and plants 560 561 Former culture of the sugarcane 561
561
Phasačlis now Fusâil 569 No distinct Mount Nebo visible in the eastern mountains
569
SINAITIC INSCRIPTIONS First deciphered by Professor Beer
593
XXI
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THE ANCIENT ARCH AND BRIDGE Letters from F Cather
605
urements
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Page 56 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 342 - For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 418 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 115 - And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Page 579 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 8 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 115 - And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
Page 295 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Page 346 - So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water...
Page 498 - Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

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