Biblical Researches in Palestine, Volume 1

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Crocker & Brewster, 1841 - Bible

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Contents

FROM CAIRO TO SUEZ
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Routes to Suez 53 March 12th Departure from Cairo 54 55 Kâid
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near Ajrûd 64 65 Ajrûd 65 Bîr Suweis 66 Suez 6669 Tell
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Sea near Suez 79 Passage through the sea 81 Character of
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sandy tract 87 88 Encampment Song of Moses 88 89 March 17th
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Wady Ghŭrŭndel Elim 99 100 Wady Wutah 100 101
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Country further south 104 105 Route of the Israelites
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March 21st Jebel Wutâh 110 Fountain of Nŭsb 110 View
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Arab cemetery 119 Wady elBurk 119 Camel gives out 120 Bat
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Pass Nukb Hâwy 128 129 View of modern Horeb 130 Plain
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Sheikh Husein 138 Topography of the region and meas
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Disappointment this not the place where the law was given
158
Return to the convent through elLeja 166 Pretend
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Expenses at the convent disappointment of the superior 172 173 Pro
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pled with anchorites and monks in the 4th century 180 Account given
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The archbishop 192 193 Life of the monks 193 194
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The Muzeiny their origin 198 199 Jebeliyeh or serfs 199202 Ter
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SECTION IV
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Tuweilebs evening visit 216 March 30th Various Wadys 217 Wady
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Jebel etTîh 224 225 Encamp 225 Character of the region 225
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camp
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Shells and shellfish of the Red Sea 233 234 April
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journey Sheikh Husein of the Alawîn 244 Change our plan and con
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250 bott
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Origin of the name Akabah 253 The Hajroute its stations
253
road 257258 Head of the Pass 258 Leave the Hajroad and turn
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April 7th View of Jebel Arâif 263 264 Wateringplace
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Division of waters between the Arabah and the Mediterranean
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279 line 10read Ibn Maân
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April 12th Wady erRuhaibeh and ruins on each side 295 Wady
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SECTION VI
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the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 330 English Protestant service
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Grave and story of Costigan 339 Cemetery of
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Plat and garden at the S W corner of the Haram
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Gates of the city shut on Friday noon 356 Second visit
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Intercourse with the natives 363 364 The Governor 364 The Mufti
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Hewn and bevelled 423 Are of Jewish architecture 424 Remains
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How the present remains came to be preserved
437
Capture by the crusaders and massacre in the Haram 441 442
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Reservoirs under the Haram 445 446 Vaults beneath the area of
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The present citadel 454 Ancient tower 455 Its measurements
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Probably there was a wall between Zion and Ophel 461 Second Wall
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ty of the investigation 471 472 Probable position of a few 473
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281 line
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Upper Pool 483 484 Lower Pool 485 486 Pool
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ranean passage between this fountain and Siloam 500 We pass through
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Irregular flow witnessed by us 505507 Is this the troubling of
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Muhammedans and Jews 516 517 Sepulchral Monuments viz Tombs
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Tomb of Helena commonly called Tombs of the Kings 528 Descrip
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longed to Helena 536538 Tombs of the Prophets
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NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS NOTE I DIOCLETIANS COLUMN at Alexandria
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THEBES The Sea put for the Nile
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THEBAN TOMBS
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Page 210 col 1 under Ghafir read Plur
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SUEZ Historical Notices
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WADY TAWARIK Not called Wady etTih
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VALLEY OF THE SEVEN WELLS Mr Smiths Letter 547 XI ANCIENT CANAL between the Nile and Red Sea The French Measurements doubtful ...
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PELUSIAC NILE Not anciently navigable
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MANNA References and analysis
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HOREB AND SINAI Use of these names
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PHARAN Feirân
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THE CONVENT AND ITS SERFS Extract from Eu tychius
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PASSPORT from the Governor of Akabah Transla tion
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HAJ STATIONS and Convoy
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ABDEH EBODA Doubts and Notices
560
ROUTES from Sinai across the Desert to Gaza and He bron and Elevations 561565
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ELUSA Name etc
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ZION AND AKRA according to Clarke and Olshausen
566
TOMES SOUTH OF HINNOM Presumption of Dr Clarke
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TOMB OF HELENA Extract from Pausanias
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TOMB OF HELENA Carelessness of Writers Dr Clarke and Chateaubriand
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Page 170 - 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 436 - And Jesus went out and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. 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 82 - 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 81 - For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Page 11 - 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 507 - 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 170 - 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 512 - 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 82 - And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Page 347 - He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

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