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INDEX

Abu-Bekr, General, 25, 36

Ælius Flaccus, 102, 105, 106

Aeneias, Bishop, 51

Alexander Jannæus, 25, 32, 112

Alexander the Great, 24, 25, 30, 42

Alford's _Greek Testament_, vol. ii., 27

Ali Bey, 39

Amen-hetep II, 28

Anthedon, viii, ix, 47

Antigonus, 25, 30

Antiochus III, 31

Antoninus Martyr, 36

Antonius, Archimandrite, 63

Apocrypha, Revised Version of, 26

Arcadius, Emperor, 64, 65

Ascalon coins, 44

Asclepas, Bishop of Gaza, 34, 51

Asshûr-bani-pal, 29

Asinius Gallus, 106

Athenian coins, 42

Augustus, viii, 33, 43

Aurelianus, Bishop of Gaza, 54

Bædeker's _Palestine and Syria_, xvii

Baldwin III, 37, 66

Baring-Gould, Rev. S., 57

Beduins, the, 28, 39, 82

Bell's _The Saints in Christian Art_, "The Great Hermits," xvii

Bernard the Wise, 37

Bertrandon de la Brocguière, 38

Bethelia, town of, 62

_Bible Educator, The_, 20, 40

Bible, Holy, the, 26, 41, 72, 88

Birds of Gaza, 89

Birdwood, Dr., 40

Bishops (early) of Gaza, 51-4

Bishops of Mayoumas, 54-5

Bright's _The Age of the Fathers_, xvii

Callinicus, 66

Cambyses, 30

Carchemish, 23

Circus of Gaza, the, 61, 97-109

Claudius, Emperor, 33, 44

Clermont-Ganneau, M., 49, 80

Church Missionary Society at Gaza, 39, 90-3

Churchyard, Dr. Albert, 45

Coins, 41, 65, 113

Coles, Dr. Donald A., v, 34, 44

Conder's _Syrian Stone Lore_, xvii

Conder's _Tent Work in Palestine_, vol. ii, xvii

Constantine the Great, 34

Cosmos, 55

Cretan Zeus, the, 42

Crusaders at Gaza, 66-70

Dagon-god, ix, 21, 22, 43, 72-4

Damianus, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 63

Darûm, Castle at, 37, 68

Demetrius, son of Antigonus, 31

Demetrius, Soter, 31, 43

Derketo, 22

De Saulcy, _Numismatique de la terre Sainte_, 33, 43, 44, 113

De Saulcy, _Recherches sur la numismatique judaïque_, 44

Deutero-Canonical Books, 19

_Dictionary of Christian Antiquities_, 50, 58

_Dictionary of Classical Antiquities_, etc., 97

Diocletian, Emperor, 34

Eight heathen temples at Gaza, 110-14

El Arîsh, 23, 92-5

_Encyclopædia Britannica_, vols. x and xviii, 44

Edom, 24, 25

Enos, Bishop of Gaza, 53

Epiphanius, Archbishop of Constantia, 60

Esar-haddon, 29

Eudoxia, Empress, 35, 52, 64, 65, 80

Eudoxiana, Church of, 65, 66, 81

Eusebius' _Ecclesiastical History_, 33, 56

Flinders Petrie's _Egypt and Israel_, 46

Frankincense, 39

Gabinius, Governor of Syria, 32

Gardens of Gaza, 87

Gatt, Father, vii, viii

Geikie's _The Holy Land and the Bible_, xvii

Gessius Florus, 33

Glaser, Mr. Edward, 40

Gordon, General, 93

Green faction, the, 103

Guy Le Strange's _Palestine under the Muslims_, xvii

Hadrianus, Emperor, 33, 34, 43, 44, 45, 97

_Handbooks of the C.M.S. Missions--the Palestine Mission_, 93

Hanno, King of Gaza, 29

Hastings' _Dictionary of the Bible_, xvii

Hebron, ix, x

Herod Agrippa I, 44

Herod the Great, viii, 33, 44

Herodotus, 42, 111

Hill's _Life of Porphyry, by Mark the Deacon_, 64

Hill, Mr. J. F., 42

Historia Numorum, 43

_Historical Geography of the Holy Land_, ix, xi

Hore's _Eighteen Centuries of the Orthodox Greek Church_, 64

Hospital, C.M.S., at Gaza, 92

Idolatrous Observances mentioned in the Old Testament, 22

Irenæus, Bishop, 51

Italicus, 102

Jebel-el-Mountâr, ix

Jerusalem, 24, 32

Jerusalem Literary Society, _Minutes_ of, 49

Jews in Gaza, 46, 47

John, Martyr, 57

John of Cæsarea, 52

John of Naples, martyr, 38, 57

Jonathan, 26, 31, 32, 72

Josephus, ix, 26, 30, 47, 72, 112

_Jottings and Snapshots from Gaza_, 95

Julian the Apostate, 35, 57, 60, 62

Jupiter, the, 44, 74-6

Justinian the Great, 36, 48

Kadytis, 23

Key of Syria, the, 82-6

Kharezmians, the, 38, 69

Kitchener, Lieut., 80

Knesevich, Mr. A. A., viii, 89

Knesevich, Mr. Emil G., viii, 77

Knights Templars, the, 37, 66, 67, 68

Kyrillus, Bishop of Gaza, 53

Laurence Oliphant's _Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine_, xviii

Louis IX, 38, 69

Macalister, Prof. R. A. Stewart, 72, 76

Maccabean Wars, 46, 72

Madden's _Coins of the Jews_, 44

Mamelukes, the, 38, 69

Marcianus, Bishop of Gaza, 48, 53

Marcus, 35, 52, 65, 113

Marnas, x, 35, 42, 43, 44, 65, 113

Marneion, the, 34, 43, 44, 65, 66, 113

Martyrs at Gaza, 56-7

Maundeville, Sir John, 38

Maximianus I, Emperor, 56

Mayoumas, viii, 34, 35, 54, 59, 60

Meistermann's _New Guide to the Holy Land_, 57

Metaxakis on the Madaba Mosaic Map, 50, 81

Meyer's _History of the City of Gaza_, vii, 39, 41, 47, 48, 51, 56, 70, 71, 74, 80, 86, 113, 114

Midianites, the, 21

Minæan Kingdom, the, 40, 42

Mosque, Great, the, 79-81

M. Six, Coinage of Gaza, 41

Murray's _Dictionary of Christian Biography_, xviii

Murray's _Handbook of Syria and Palestine_, Part I, xviii

Napoleon Bonaparte, x, 38, 39, 47, 71

Neale's _History of the Holy Eastern Church_, 54

Neale's _History of the Holy Eastern Church_, "Patriarchate of Alexandria," vol. i, xviii

Neale's _Lent Legends_, 98, 109

Neale's _Patriarchate of Antioch_, 55, 59

Nebuchadrezzar, 23

Natoris, Bishop of Gaza, 53

New Testament, the, 19

Old Testament, the, 19

Olive groves at Gaza, 87-8

Omar, first Khalif, 36

Orange crops at Gaza, 83-4

Orthodox Greek Church at Gaza, 63-4

Pashas of Gaza, 39, 70

Paulinus, Bishop of Mayoumas, 54

Paulus, Bishop of Mayoumas, 54

Paul, Patriarch of Alexandria, 36

Pelagius, Roman legate, 35

Père Gatt, vii, viii

Peter the Iberian, Bishop, 54

Pharaoh Necho II, 23, 29

Philemon, Legendary history of, 50

Philistines, the, ix, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 32, 44, 72-4, 75

Pickard, Mr. J. G., 50

Pompey the Great, 32, 46, 47

Porphyrius, Bishop of Gaza, 35, 52, 62

Porter's _The History of Beirût_, 62

Potteries at Gaza, 83

Procopius, Bishop of Mayoumas, 55

Ptolemy I, Soter, 31

Ptolemy II, Philadelphus, 43

Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 43

Ptolemy IX, Alexander I, 25

Public games at Gaza, 97-109

Pusey's _Commentary on the Minor Prophets_, 24, 25

_Quarterly Statements_ of the P. E. F., 41, 44, 50, 54, 76, 79, 87, 110

Quintianus, Bishop of Gaza, 51

Rameses II, 28

Rameses III, 28

Red faction, the, 102

Richard Cœur de Lion, 37, 67, 68

Robertson's _History of the Christian Church_, vol. i, xviii

Robinson's _Biblical Researches in Palestine_, vol. ii, 36

Roman Catacombs, the, 45

Saladin, 37, 67, 68

Samaritans in Gaza, 38, 39, 48, 49

Samson at Gaza, ix, 21

Sarcophagus (an old), the, 76-9

Sayce's _Patriarchal Palestine_, 111

Schapira, Rev. A. W., 74, 90

Selim I of Constantinople, 38

Sennacherib, 29

Sephardim, the, 47

Seti Mer-en Ptah I, 28

Schürer's _Jewish People_, ix, 47

Simon Bar-Cochab coins, 44

Simon the Maccabee, 26

Simon III, High Priest, 32

Smithies, Miss, at Gaza, x

Smith's (George Adam), _The Historical Geography of the Holy Land_, ix, xi

Soap factories at Gaza, 83

Sophronius, Titular Bishop of Gaza, 63

Sozomen, Church historian, 61-2

St. Antony, 58, 59

St. Athanasius, 58

St. Chrysostom, 53, 64

St. Cosmas, Bishop of Mayoumas, 55

St. Hilarion, x, 34, 57, 58-61, 62, 63, 99

St. Jerome, 35, 97, 113

St. John Damascene, 55

St. Louis of France, 69

St. Pachomius, 36

St. Paula, 35

St. Philip, Evangelist, 26, 27

St. Porphyrius, 35, 53, 63, 65

St. Thea, Virgin, Martyr, 57

Sterling, Rev. Canon, vii, viii, 91-5

Stevenson's _The Crusaders in the East_, 70

Swastica, 43, 44, 45

Sylvanus, Bishop and Martyr, 34, 51, 56

Tell 'Ajjûl, 74

Temples, heathen, 44, 64-5

Theobald, Count, 38, 68

Thomson, Rev. Dr. E. H., 49

Tiglath-pileser III, 29

Timotheus, Martyr, 56

Timotheus, Bishop of Gaza, 53

Tirhakah, 29

Thothmes III, 28

Tyre, 24

Vespasian, 33

Watson, Mr. W., Newcastle-on-Tyne, 92, 95

Wordsworth's _Greek Testament_--The Acts of the Apostles, 27

Wordsworth's _The Ministry of Grace_, 27

Xerxes, 30

Zeno, Bishop of Mayoumas, 54

Zoilus, 36

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Transcriber's Notes

Obvious errors of punctuation and diacritics repaired.

Inconsistent hyphenation fixed.

P. ix: Djebel el-Mountâr appears in the index as Jebel el-Mountâr.

P. 30: a seige of Alexander the Great -> a siege of Alexander the Great.

P. 36 and index entries: Abu-Bekr was the first Khalif and Omar the second, but the text has not been changed.

P. 40: olibanum [Greek] of commerce -> olibanum [Greek] commerce.

P. 41: The characters said to be Phoenician are Hebrew characters, but the text has not been changed.

P. 71: Wten Napoleon Bonaparte -> When Napoleon Bonaparte.

P. 74: suceeded in greatly damaging the face -> succeeded in greatly damaging the face.

P. 76: revelant portions of the description -> relevant portions of the description.

P. 89: English sparows -> English sparrows.

P. 112: Selucids -> Seleucids.

Index for St. Porphyrius: 395 -> 35.