Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions A Journal of Travels in the Years 1838 and 1852
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Contents
- SECTION XI FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA AND HEBRON
- SECTION XII FROM HEBRON TO WADY MUSA AND BACK
- SECTION XIII FROM HEBRON TO RAMLEH AND JERUSALEM
- SECTION XIV FROM JERUSALEM TO NAZARETH AND MOUNT TABOR
- SECTION XV FROM MOUNT TABOR BY THE LAKE OF TIBERIAS TO SAFED
- SECTION XVI FROM SAFED BY TYRE AND SIDON TO BEIRUT
- SECTION XVII RELIGIOUS SECTS IN SYRIA AND PALESTINE
- NOTES
- NOTE XXXI SUMMEIL, ST. SAMUEL. Correction of an error as to a castle of St. Samuel and Abraham
- NOTE XXXII THE “DESERT” NEAR GAZA. The “desert” in Acts viii. 26, refers probably to the road, as passing through an uninhabited region, and not to the city of Gaza
- NOTE XXXIII CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS, at Beit Jibrîn
- NOTE XXXIV VICUS BETAGABÆORUM; more probably Tagabœorum, the present Tŭbaka
- NOTE XXXV ZOAR. Proofs that it was situated on the east of the Dead sea
- NOTE XXXVI TOMB OF AARON. Irby and Mangles' description of their ascent of Mount Hor
- NOTE XXXVII PETRA. Ancient names; not er-Rakîm, nor el-Hijr. Only one city Petra; sources of confusion
- NOTE XXXVIII CATASTROPHE OF SODOM. Letter in French from L. von Buch, on the geology of the region
- NOTE XXXIX STATIONS OF THE ISRAELITES. Synoptical view
- NOTE XL ITINERARIES. From 'Akka to Yâfa; and between Yâfa and Jerusalem
- NOTE XLI EARTHQUAKE AT SAFED. Rev. Mr Thomson's Report
- APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS ON PALESTINE, etc
- APPENDIX II LA CITEZ DE JHERUSALEM, etc
- ITINERARY
- INDEX I ARABIC NAMES AND WORDS
- INDEX II ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, ANTIQUITIES, etc
- INDEX III PASSAGES Of SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED
- Map
NOTE XXXIII - CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS, at Beit Jibrîn
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Contents
- SECTION XI FROM JERUSALEM TO GAZA AND HEBRON
- SECTION XII FROM HEBRON TO WADY MUSA AND BACK
- SECTION XIII FROM HEBRON TO RAMLEH AND JERUSALEM
- SECTION XIV FROM JERUSALEM TO NAZARETH AND MOUNT TABOR
- SECTION XV FROM MOUNT TABOR BY THE LAKE OF TIBERIAS TO SAFED
- SECTION XVI FROM SAFED BY TYRE AND SIDON TO BEIRUT
- SECTION XVII RELIGIOUS SECTS IN SYRIA AND PALESTINE
- NOTES
- NOTE XXXI SUMMEIL, ST. SAMUEL. Correction of an error as to a castle of St. Samuel and Abraham
- NOTE XXXII THE “DESERT” NEAR GAZA. The “desert” in Acts viii. 26, refers probably to the road, as passing through an uninhabited region, and not to the city of Gaza
- NOTE XXXIII CUFIC INSCRIPTIONS, at Beit Jibrîn
- NOTE XXXIV VICUS BETAGABÆORUM; more probably Tagabœorum, the present Tŭbaka
- NOTE XXXV ZOAR. Proofs that it was situated on the east of the Dead sea
- NOTE XXXVI TOMB OF AARON. Irby and Mangles' description of their ascent of Mount Hor
- NOTE XXXVII PETRA. Ancient names; not er-Rakîm, nor el-Hijr. Only one city Petra; sources of confusion
- NOTE XXXVIII CATASTROPHE OF SODOM. Letter in French from L. von Buch, on the geology of the region
- NOTE XXXIX STATIONS OF THE ISRAELITES. Synoptical view
- NOTE XL ITINERARIES. From 'Akka to Yâfa; and between Yâfa and Jerusalem
- NOTE XLI EARTHQUAKE AT SAFED. Rev. Mr Thomson's Report
- APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WORKS ON PALESTINE, etc
- APPENDIX II LA CITEZ DE JHERUSALEM, etc
- ITINERARY
- INDEX I ARABIC NAMES AND WORDS
- INDEX II ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, ANTIQUITIES, etc
- INDEX III PASSAGES Of SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED
- Map
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- Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent RegionsA Journal of Travels in the Years 1838 and 1852, pp. 515 - 516Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1867