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... described as a land of legends . The legends , as well Mahometan as Christian , are just what the tourist is told most assiduously . They are expected to interest him , and the supposed demand creates the supply . In the process of ...
... described as a land of legends . The legends , as well Mahometan as Christian , are just what the tourist is told most assiduously . They are expected to interest him , and the supposed demand creates the supply . In the process of ...
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... described as ' near to Salim ' ; and strange also that ruins on the top of a hill should mark a spot where ' there was much water . ' ' Here is precisely the name Aenon ; but un- fortunately there is no Salim near , nor a drop of water ...
... described as ' near to Salim ' ; and strange also that ruins on the top of a hill should mark a spot where ' there was much water . ' ' Here is precisely the name Aenon ; but un- fortunately there is no Salim near , nor a drop of water ...
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... described as almost a bay , to the abundant springs Ain et - Tabigha , the ancient Heptapegon . The Arabic word , as you will perceive , preserves the sound of the Greek . Macmillan's Guide , which speaks of ' five springs ' instead of ...
... described as almost a bay , to the abundant springs Ain et - Tabigha , the ancient Heptapegon . The Arabic word , as you will perceive , preserves the sound of the Greek . Macmillan's Guide , which speaks of ' five springs ' instead of ...
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... described as a Tell ; and he answered decidedly No. This however still leaves the difficulty that the name Kefar Tanḥum must have been comparatively recent . The place , one would think , must have had an older name , as to which we are ...
... described as a Tell ; and he answered decidedly No. This however still leaves the difficulty that the name Kefar Tanḥum must have been comparatively recent . The place , one would think , must have had an older name , as to which we are ...
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... described . The ' troubling ' is due to mechanical causes which are fully explained by Dr. Guthe ' . other pools probably were not intermittent . 6 The The Virgin's Well , however , which is at the foot of the ridge south of the Temple ...
... described . The ' troubling ' is due to mechanical causes which are fully explained by Dr. Guthe ' . other pools probably were not intermittent . 6 The The Virgin's Well , however , which is at the foot of the ridge south of the Temple ...
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Aenon ancient appears Bethany Bethesda Bethlehem Bethsaida building CALIFORNIA PLATE Capernaum castle Cenaculum chamber Chel Christ Christian church cliff Constantine Crusaders cubits Diekamp Dome doubt eastern Emmaus enclosure et-Tabigha Eusebius evidence favour Fountain Frank Mountain Furrer gate-house Gerasa Gerasenes Golden Gate Gospel Greek Guthe Helena of Adiabene Herod's Palace Herod's Temple Herodian Temple Hieros hill Hippicus Holy Places Holy Sepulchre identified Israel Itin Jacob's Jerusalem Jewish Jews Jordan Josephus Judaea Kefr Kersa Khan Khân Minyeh lake land Lord Macmillan's Guide Magdala Mark Middoth modern Mommert Mosque Mount Ebal Nazareth pilgrim Plain platform pool present probably Prof question Rider Haggard ridge Rock ROMAN PALESTINE sacred Salim SANDAY Saracenic SARACENIC JERUSALEM Schick Sea of Galilee seems side so-called Tombs speaks Talmud Tell Hûm Tiberias topographical tradition TYPICAL SCENES upper room village wall women's court writers Zion
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Page 98 - The wind, the tempest roaring high, The tumult of a tropic sky Might well be dangerous food For him, a youth to whom was given So much of earth — so much of heaven, And such impetuous blood.
Page 98 - Whatever in those Climes he found Irregular in sight or sound Did to his mind impart A kindred impulse, seemed allied To his own powers, and justified The workings of his heart.
Page 22 - And they had a few small fishes : and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
Page 28 - The name, however, pronounced by Bedawin Arabs is so similar to Gergesa, that, to all my inquiries for this place, they invariably said it was at Chersa, and they insisted that they were identical, and I agree with them in this opinion.
Page 56 - Interius uero ciuitati sunt piscinae gemellares, quinque porticos habentes, quae appellantur Betsaida. Ibi aegri multorum annorum sanabantur. Aquam autem habent hae piscinae in modum coccini turbatam...
Page 44 - ... for besides the good temperature of the air, it is also watered from a most fertile fountain. The people of the country call it Capharnaum. Some have thought it to be a vein of the Nile, because it produces the Coracin fish as well as that lake does which is near to Alexandria.
Page 44 - Some have thought it to be a vein of the Nile, because it produces the Coracin fish as well as that lake does which is near to Alexandria. The length of this country extends itself along the banks of this lake that bears the same name for thirty furlongs, and is in breadth twenty, And this is the nature of that place.
Page 35 - Beisdn (Scythopolis), there is a remarkable group of seven springs, all lying within a radius of a quarter of a mile, which answers to the description "many waters.
Page 28 - ... swine, rushing madly down it, could not stop, but would be hurried on into the water and drowned. The place is one which our Lord would be likely to visit, having Capernaum in full view to the north, and Galilee
Page 99 - ... on the one hand to the Mediterranean and on the other to the yet deeper trench of the Jordan ; it is this succession of ' Pisgah views ' that puts its stamp upon the landscape of Palestine, and this also — Dr.