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Title: The People of Palestine

Author: Elihu Grant

Release date: March 24, 2020 [eBook #61662]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

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A SILOAM WOMAN, HER INFANT ON HER BACK AND PRODUCE ON HER HEAD

BIBLE LANDS AND PEOPLES—MODERN
BEING A COMPANION VOLUME TO “THE ORIENT IN BIBLE TIMES”

THE PEOPLE
OF PALESTINE

AN ENLARGED EDITION OF
“THE PEASANTRY OF PALESTINE, LIFE,
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE VILLAGE”
BY
ELIHU GRANT
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE IN HAVERFORD COLLEGE
ILLUSTRATED
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY ELIHU GRANT
COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.
TO THE MEMORY OF
HINCKLEY GILBERT MITCHELL