Byeways in Palestine

rushing past us. No sign, however, of habitations: only, at a little distance to the south, were ruins of a village called _Er Ram_, (a very common name in Palestine; but this i...

of waters" of 2 Sam. xii. 26, 27:--to the siege of which Joab invited King David, "lest he should take it, and it should be called after his name." Here was also deposited the h...

In August 1849 I left my large family encampment under the branches of the great oak of Sibta, commonly called Abraham's oak by most people except the Jews, who do not believe i...

The course of the first journey was as follows:--From Sidon on the sea-coast we gradually climbed the Lebanon range eastward; then descending by tortuous roads, and turning some...

This, like the journey last described, of six years before, was portion of a much longer tour, but I omit all that cannot come under the designation of a Byeway in Palestine. Th...

and truth shall go before thy face." The style of language in the sermon was that of good Arabic, but of simple, unpretending character, without admixture of foreign words or ph...

In my two journeys just described, the route was over the southern part of the long Lebanon range, not only on the main ridge, but crossing some of the innumerable spurs thrown...

It is peculiarly suitable to that place, inasmuch as Titus, previous to leaving the country, had celebrated there the birthday of his brother Domitian, with magnificent public s...