The Holy Land and Syria

INDEX

Abraham, sacrificial rock of, 64.
Agriculture, in the Land of Goshen, 6;
in Palestine, 159.
Allenby, General, the successful Crusader, 1.
Alouf, Dr. Michel, archæologist at Baalbek, 239.
American cemetery at Jerusalem purchased by trickery by Germans who remove bodies, 44, 250.
American colonies in the Holy Land, 172.
American education in the Near East, 252.
American Medical Unit in Palestine, 202.
American store in Jerusalem, 174.
American trade, opportunities for, in Syria, 267.
Ananias, house of, at Damascus, 212.
Andromeda, the rocks of, 18.
Anglo-Israelite Colonization Society, work of, 170, 176.
Ararat, Mount, in Armenia, 274.
Armenia, the sufferings of, 271.
Armenian Patriarch at Jerusalem, 273.
Armenian women, costumes of, 276;
marriage customs, 277.
Armenians, as sharp traders, 271.
Ascension, Chapel of the, 127.
Asyut, American college at, 252.
Ayasoluk, railway station for Ephesus, 263, 266.
Baal, worship of, 235.
Baalbek, ruins of the ancient city, 232.
Babel, Tower of, at Baalbek, 234.
Bacchus, temple of, at Baalbek, 236.
Banias, at source of the Jordan, 130.
Baptisms in the Jordan, 55.
Bashan, compared with Bible times, 32.
Bazaars of Jerusalem, 111.
Beeroth, 155.
Bees and honey of Palestine, 164.
Beirut, American college at, 256;
college has largest publishing house in the Orient, 259.
Beitin, the ancient Bethel, 155.
Berlin-to-Bagdad scheme, Germany’s, 249.
Bethany, of to-day, 123.
Bethel, now called Beitin, 155.
Bethlehem, visits to, 138.
Birthplace of Christ, the, 144.
Bliss, Dr. Howard S., difficulties with the literary censorship, 255;
handles a strike of Moslem students, 257.
Boaz, Field of, 140, 141.
Bomb for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 107.
Bread bakers of Jerusalem, 115.
Brickmaking at Bubastis, 9.
Bridge of Jacob’s Daughters, 131.
British government of Palestine and Syria, 280.
British mandate over Palestine, 197.
Bubastis, city of cat worship, 9.
Caiaphas, the house of, 44.
Cain and Abel, Moslem tradition of, 246.
Calvary, the site as located by General Gordon, 46.
Camels and their use, 164.
Cana, village of, 195.
Candies of Damascus, 218.
Capernaum, excavations at, 192.
Carmelite nunnery on Mount of Olives, 126.
Cat worship, at Bubastis, 9.
Catacombs of Jerusalem, 60.
Cave dwellers in Jerusalem, 39.
Cedars of Lebanon, 240.
Cemeteries, weddings in, 83.
Censorship of reading matter by Turkish officials, 255.
Chapel of the Ascension, 127.
Chapel of the Manger, 146.
Children of the Holy Land, 182.
Christ, Tomb of, 90.
Christians barred from railroads to Mohammedan holy cities, 242.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 48, 88.
Church of the Lord’s Prayer, the, 126.
Church of the Nativity, 144.
Costumes of Damascus women, 224.
Crucifixion, relics of the, 91.
Damascus, the world’s oldest city, 204;
the heart of the Mohammedan world, 209;
massacres of Christians at, in modern times, 209, 217;
bazaars of, 214;
foreign trade, 220;
manufacture of jewellery, 221.
Damascus-Beirut railway, travels on, 246.
David, Tower of, 36.
David-Goliath battlefield, 25.
Day of Judgment, the Mohammedan belief, 46.
Dead Sea, the, 129, 131, 135.
Dervishes, fanaticism of the, 278.
Diana, temple of, at Ephesus, 263.
Divorce, in Damascus, 225.
Donkeys, their use in the Holy Land, 164.
Dorcas, the tomb of, 21.
Easter Week in Jerusalem, 48, 55, 84.
Ebal, Mount, 157.
Eddy, Dr. Mary, work of, as medical missionary, 260.
Education, American, in the Near East, 252.
Elijah, the cave of, 122.
Elisha, the fountain of, 122.
Ephesus, excavations at, 262.
Eucalyptus, introduction of the, 170.
Evil Eye, belief in the, 78.
Excavations, at Baalbek, German, 234;
at Ephesus, 262;
at Jericho, 119.
Farming in Palestine, 159.
Fat-tailed sheep, 141.
Fatima, tomb of, at Damascus, 210.
Field of Boaz, 140, 141.
Field of Peas, the, 142.
Field of the Shepherds, the, 142.
Figs, production of, in Syria, 269.
Fishermen of the Sea of Galilee, 189.
Flight into Egypt, the, 10.
Flowers of Palestine, the, 165.
Foot washing, the ceremony of, 95.
Franz Josef, costly gifts of, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 50.
French-Jewish Society, work of, 171.
Fuel, scarcity of, 33.
Gabriel’s Spring, Nazareth, 180.
Gadarenes, land of the, 188.
Galilee, Sea of, 131, 187.
Garden of Gethsemane, the, 127.
German church at Jerusalem, 43, 249, 250.
German colonies in Palestine, 248.
German excavations at Baalbek, 234.
German hospice at Jerusalem, 249.
Germany’s methods in the Near East, 249.
Gerizim, Mount, Samaritan Passover sacrifice on, 150.
Gethsemane, Garden of, 46, 127.
Gezer, excavations at, 27.
Gifts to the churches, 108.
Gihon, Pool of, 139.
Gilead, compared with Bible times, 32.
Gomorrah and Sodom, sites of, 137.
Good Samaritan Inn, the, 125.
Gordon, General, site of Calvary located by, 46;
believed Place of the Skull the scene of the Crucifixion, 154.
Goshen, in Joseph’s time and now, 4;
a land of gardens, 6.
Graveyard marriages, superstition regarding, 82.
Great Mosque, the, at Damascus, 207.
Greek Church, a great factor in the religious life of the Holy Land, 53;
strength of, 101, 109.
Hadassah Medical Organization, work of, in Palestine, 202.
Hamlin, Rev. Cyrus, organizer of Robert College, Constantinople, 254.
Hardegg, American hotel keeper at Jaffa, 19.
Hebrew art, revival of, 201.
Herzl, Dr. Theodore, founder of Zionist movement, 198.
Hezekiah, Pool of, 35, 36.
Holy Family, route of, into Egypt, 10.
Holy fire, “miracle” of the, 98.
Holy Land, returned to Christian and Jew, 1.
Holy Sepulchre, Church of the, 48, 88.
Holy Week, in Jerusalem, 48, 55, 84.
Huleh, Lake, 131.
Irrigation, in Mesopotamia, British plans for, 248;
in the Land of Goshen, 6.
Jacob’s Daughters, Bridge of, 131.
Jacob’s Well, 152.
Jaffa, the city of Jonah, 14;
one of the world’s worst harbours, 16;
lumber for Solomon’s Temple landed at, 17, 66, 241.
Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad, the, 26.
Jaffa to Jerusalem, the journey from, 32.
Jehoshaphat, Valley of, 44.
Jeremiah, Lamentations of, where written, 46;
chanting of, 76.
Jericho, excavations at, 119;
arriving at, 123.
Jerusalem, growth of the city, 37;
materials used in house construction in, 38;
the mecca of millions, 40;
the building of the walls, 45;
pilgrimage city of the world, 48;
Jews barred from, 68;
mean temperature of, 130;
increase in population under the British, 282.
Jesus’s Spring, in Nazareth, 180.
Jewellery, manufacture of, in Damascus, 221.
Jewels bestowed by pilgrims to Jerusalem, 50.
Jewish Colonies, development of, 169.
Jews, coming into their own, 68;
classes of, in Palestine, 69;
dress and customs of, 71;
superstitions of, 78.
Jonah, story of, 16.
Jonah’s city, Jaffa, 14.
Jordan River, long and crooked, 30;
the blessing of the water, 55;
baptisms in, 56;
travels along the, 129;
source of, 130.
Jordan Valley, the, 129;
mean temperature of, 130.
Judas’s betrayal of Christ, spot of, 128.
Judea, via the railway, 23.
Juneau, tuberculosis hospital at, 260.
Kaiserin Augusta, hospice on Mount of Olives in honour of, 249.
Kedron, gardens of, 44.
Kedron, Valley of, 154.
Kersting, Father, excavations in Nazareth, 180.
Lake Huleh, 131.
Lamentations of Jeremiah, where written, 46;
chanting of the, 76.
Lazarus, tomb of, 123.
Law of Moses, Samaritan parchment of the, 150.
Lebanon, cedars of, 240.
Lebanon Mountains, scantily forested, 240.
Livestock in the Land of Goshen, 6.
Lord’s Prayer, the Church of the, 125.
Lot’s wife, the pillar of salt, 137.
Louse Market, Damascus, 217.
Machinery, American, needed in Syria, 267.
Magi, Well of the, 141.
Mandeville, Sir John, first report of the cotton plant, 5.
Manger, Chapel of the, 146.
Markets of Jerusalem, the, 117.
Marriage and divorce customs of the Holy Land, 226.
Marriage at early age in Palestine, 184.
Marriage customs in Armenia, 277.
Mary and Martha, house of, at Bethany, 124.
Mary’s Well, Nazareth, 180.
Masons, meeting of, in the Mosque of Omar, 282.
Massacres of Christians in Damascus in modern times, 209, 217.
Mecca, railroad to, 242;
Moslem pilgrimages to, 209;
pilgrimages to, a means of distribution of civilized ideas, 258.
Medical missionaries in the Orient, 259.
Mesopotamia, British plans for irrigation in, 248;
agricultural possibilities of, 268.
“Miracle” of the holy fire, the, 98.
Mizpah, where Saul was anointed king, 25, 154.
Moab, compared with Bible times, 32.
Modern innovations in the Holy Land, 1.
Money changers, customs of the, 87, 111.
Montefiore colonies at Jerusalem, 171.
Moriah, Mount, 57.
Moses, where found, in the Nile bulrushes, 11.
Moses’ Tabernacle, site of, 65.
Mosque of Omar, water supply for, 34;
on site of Solomon’s Temple, 36, 48;
history of, 62;
kept under Moslem guard by the British, 282.
Mosques and praying carriages on Mecca railway, 243.
Mount Ebal, 157.
Mount Moriah, 57.
Mount Nebo, 129, 134.
Mount of Olives, 30, 125.
Mount Scopus, 154.
Naaman, the Syrian, house of, at Damascus, 212.
Nablus, one of the oldest towns of history, 157.
Nativity, Church of the, 144.
Nazareth, early home of the Saviour, 177.
Nebo, Mount, 129, 134.
Noah, tomb of, 247.
Obelisks, American tourists at the, 12.
Olive oil, made in primitive manner, 116.
Olives, production of, in Syria, 269.
Omar, Mosque of, water supply for, 34;
on site of Solomon’s Temple, 36, 48;
its history, 62;
kept under Moslem guard by the British, 282.
Ornan, the Jebusite, threshing-floor of, 59, 64.
Palestine, returned to Christian and Jew, 1;
first view of its shores, 15;
comparative size, 30;
character of the country, 31;
farming in, 159;
under the British, 280.
Palestine Exploration Fund excavations at Gezer, 27.
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, 92.
Patriarch of Jerusalem, a talk with the, 101.
Peas, the Field of, 142.
Pilgrimages to the Holy City, 14, 40, 48, 49, 53.
Pithom, treasure city of Pharaoh, 8.
Place of the Skull, the, 46, 154.
Pontius Pilate, house of, 93.
Pool of Gihon, 139.
Pool of Hezekiah, 35, 36.
Pool of Siloam, 35, 54.
Pools of Solomon, now a poor water supply, 34.
Quarrels between the sects, 106.
Rachel, Tomb of, 142.
Railroads in the Holy Land, 242.
Rainfall, scanty proportion of, 34.
Rameses, treasure city of Pharaoh, 8.
Religions, strength of the different, 110.
Robert College, Constantinople, influence of, 253.
Roses, Valley of, 140.
Rothschild, Baron Edward, founds Jewish colonies in Palestine, 171, 174, 176.
Ruins, the world’s mighty, 233.
Russian hospice, the, 53.
Russians, chief pilgrims to the Holy Land, 53.
Saladin, tomb of, at Damascus, 211.
Samaritans, among the, 149.
Samson’s fight with the Philistines, place of, 26.
Samuel, Tomb of, 154.
St. Helena, locates place of the Crucifixion, 51.
St. Stephen, place of the stoning of, 45.
St. Paul, tracing footsteps of, 211;
place of his escape over wall of Damascus, 213.
St. Peter and his dream, 20.
Schools of Nazareth, the, 184.
Scopus, Mount, 154.
Sea of Galilee, 131, 187.
Seilum, the ancient Shiloh, 155.
Sepulchre of Christ, the, 91.
Seth, tomb of, 247.
Shechem, one of the oldest towns of history, 157.
Sheep, the fat-tailed variety, 141, 160.
Shepherds, Field of the, 142.
Shiloh, now called Seilum, 155.
Shops of Jerusalem, smallness of the, 113.
Silk production in Syria, 268.
Siloam, Pool of, 35, 44.
Simon the Tanner, house of, 20.
Skull, Place of the, 154.
Smyrna, largest city in Asia Minor, 267.
Sodom and Gomorrah, sites of, 137.
Solomon, Pools of, now a poor water supply, 34.
Solomon’s Temple, lumber for, landed at Jaffa, 17, 66, 241;
Mosque of Omar on site of, 36, 48;
site of, 45;
holiest spot on the globe, 57;
dimensions of, 67.
Souvenirs, the purchase of, 222.
Spaffordites, colony of the, in Palestine, 173.
Sphinx, legend of the Holy Family at the, 11.
Stone of Unction, the, 49, 89.
Storekeepers of Jerusalem, 111.
Street called Straight, the, at Damascus, 212;
shopping in, 214.
Suk Wadi Baroda, on Damascus-Beirut railway, 246.
Superstitions of the Jews, 78.
Syria under the British, 280.
Tabernacle of Moses, site of, 65.
Taxes and their collection in Palestine, 167.
Temples of Baalbek, 233.
Tiberias on Sea of Galilee, 193.
Tomb of Christ, the, 90;
of Dorcas, 21;
Fatima, 210;
of Lazarus, 123;
of Noah, 247;
of Rachel, 142;
of Saladin, 211;
of Samuel, 154;
of Seth, 247.
Tower of Babel, at Baalbek, 234.
Tower of David, the, 36.
Tuberculosis among the Bedouin tribes, 260.
Unction, Stone of, 49, 89.
United Presbyterian Church, educational institutions of, in Nile Valley, 252.
Valley of Roses, 140.
Veiled women of Damascus, the, 223.
Virgin Mary, jewel-covered image of, at Jerusalem, 50.
Washing the feet, ceremony of, 95.
Watch towers of Jerusalem, the, 43.
Water supply, by scanty wells and cisterns, 34.
Weddings, in cemeteries, 82.
Well of the Magi, 141.
Wilhelm II, breach in wall of Jerusalem in honour of, 139;
places golden wreath on tomb of Saladin, 211;
his trip through the Holy Land, 233, 250.
Women, veiled, of Damascus, 223.
Women’s rights in the Holy Land, 230.
Zagazig, a famous cotton port, 4.
Zammarin, Jewish colony at, 174.
Zangwill, Israel, talk with on Zionist movement, 198.
Zion, Mount, view from, 37;
on the slope of, 43.
Zionist colonies in Palestine, 170.
Zionist movement, the, 196.
Zimpel, originator of Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad idea, 26.
Zorah, birthplace of Samson, 27.

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