CHAPTER XIV.

The Via Dolorosa--The Houses of Dives and of Lazarus--The Prison of St Peter--The Site of the Temple of Solomon--The Mosque of Omar--The Hadjr el Sakhara--The Greek Monastery--Its Library--Valuable Manuscripts--Splendid MS. of the Book of Job--Arabic spoken at Jerusalem--Mussulman Theory regarding the Crucifixion--State of the Jews--Richness of their Dress in their own Houses--Beauty of their Women--Their literal Interpretation of Scripture--The Service in the Synagogue--Description of the House of a Rabbi--The Samaritans--Their Roll of the Pentateuch--Arrival of Ibrahim Pasha at Jerusalem 181