The historical geography of the Holy Land / by George Adam Smith ; Introduction by H. H. Rowley.

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Smith, George Adam

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DS 108.9 S57 1966

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BOOK 1. THE LAND AS A WHOLE - The place of Syria in the World's history - The form of the land and its historical consequences - The climate and fertility of the Land, with their effects on its religion - The scenery of the Land and its reflection in the Bible - The land and questions of faith - The view from Mount Ebal BOOK 2. WESTERN PALESTINE - The coast - The maritime plain - The Philistines and their cities - The Shephelah - Early Christianity in the Shephelah - Judaea and Samaria - the history of their frontier - The borders and Bulwarks of Judaea - An estimate of the real strength of Judaea - The character of Judaea - Samaria - The strong places of Samaria - The question of Sychar - Esdraelon - Galilee - The lake of Galilee - The Jordan valley - The dead sea BOOK 3. EASTERN PALESTINE - OverJordan: the General features - The divisions and names of Eastern Palestine - The land of Edom - The land of Moab and the coming of Israel - Israel and others in Gilead and Bashan - Greece over Jordan: The Decapolis - Hauran and its cities - Damascus APPENDICES - Some geographical passages and terms in the Old Testament - Stade's theory of Israel's invasion of Western Palestine - The wars against Sihon and Og - Bibliography of Eastern Palestine - Roads and Wheeled vehicles in Syria - The Jewish colonies in Palestine

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Includes indexes.

BOOK 1. THE LAND AS A WHOLE
- The place of Syria in the World's history
- The form of the land and its historical consequences
- The climate and fertility of the Land, with their effects on its religion
- The scenery of the Land and its reflection in the Bible
- The land and questions of faith
- The view from Mount Ebal

BOOK 2. WESTERN PALESTINE
- The coast
- The maritime plain
- The Philistines and their cities
- The Shephelah
- Early Christianity in the Shephelah
- Judaea and Samaria - the history of their frontier
- The borders and Bulwarks of Judaea
- An estimate of the real strength of Judaea
- The character of Judaea
- Samaria
- The strong places of Samaria
- The question of Sychar
- Esdraelon
- Galilee
- The lake of Galilee
- The Jordan valley
- The dead sea

BOOK 3. EASTERN PALESTINE
- OverJordan: the General features
- The divisions and names of Eastern Palestine
- The land of Edom
- The land of Moab and the coming of Israel
- Israel and others in Gilead and Bashan
- Greece over Jordan: The Decapolis
- Hauran and its cities
- Damascus

APPENDICES
- Some geographical passages and terms in the Old Testament
- Stade's theory of Israel's invasion of Western Palestine
- The wars against Sihon and Og
- Bibliography of Eastern Palestine
- Roads and Wheeled vehicles in Syria
- The Jewish colonies in Palestine

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