Temple; Commerce; Murmurs of the People; Rehoboam;
Division of the Tribes; Kings of Israel; Kingdom of Judah; Siege of
Jerusalem; Captivity; Kings of Judah; Return from Babylon; Second
Temple; Canon of Scripture; Struggles between Egypt and Syria;
Conquest of Palestine by Antiochus; Persecution of Jews; Resistance
by the Family of Maccabaeus; Victories of Judas; He courts the
Alliance of the Romans; Succeeded by Jonathan; Origin of the
Asmonean Princes; John Hyrcanus; Aristobulus; Alexander Jannaeus;
Appeal to Pompey; Jerusalem taken by Romans; Herod created King
by the Romans; He repairs to the Temple; Archelaus succeeds him, and
Antipas is nominated to Galilee; Quirinius Prefect of Syria; Pontius
Pilate; Elevation of Herod Agrippa; Disgrace of Herod Philip; Judea
again a Province; Troubles; Accession of Young Agrippa; Felix; Festus;
Floris; Command given to Vespasian; War; Siege of Jerusalem by
Titus.
CHAPTER IV
.
ON THE LITERATURE AND RELIGIOUS USAGES OF THE
ANCIENT HEBREWS.
Obscurity of the Subject; Learning issued from the Levitical Colleges;
Schools of the Prophets; Music and Poetry; Meaning of the term
Prophecy; Illustrated by References to the Old Testament and to the
New; The power of Prediction not confined to those bred in the Schools;
Race of false Prophets; Their Malignity and Deceit; Micaiah and Ahab;
Charge against Jeremiah the Prophet; Criterion to distinguish True
from False Prophets; The Canonical Writings of the Prophets;
Literature of Prophets; Sublime Nature of their Compositions;
Examples from Psalms and Prophetical Writings; Humane and liberal
Spirit; Care used to keep alive the Knowledge of the Law; Evils arising
from the Division of Israel and Judah; Ezra collects the Ancient Books;
Schools of Prophets similar to Convents; Sciences; Astronomy;
Division of Time, Days, Months, and Years; Sabbaths and New Moons;
Jewish Festivals; Passover; Pentecost; Feast of Tabernacles; Of
Trumpets; Jubilee; Daughters of Zelophedad; Feast of Dedication;
Minor Anniversaries; Solemn Character of Hebrew Learning; Its easy
Adaptation to Christianity; Superior to the Literature of all other
ancient Nations.
CHAPTER V
.
DESCRIPTION OF JERUSALEM.
Pilgrimages to the Holy Land; Arculfus; Willibald; Bernard; Effect of
Crusades; William de Bouldessell; Bertrandon de la Broquiere; State of
Damascus; Breidenbach; Baumgarten; Bartholemeo Georgewitz;
Aldersey; Sandys; Doubdan; Cheron; Thevenot; Gonzales; Morison;
Maundrell; Pococke; Road from Jaffa to Jerusalem; Plain of Sharon;
Rama or Ramla; Condition of the Peasantry; Vale of Jeremiah;
Jerusalem; Remark of Chateaubriand; Impressions of different
Travellers; Dr. Clarke; Tasso; Volney; Henniker; Mosque of Omar
described; Mysterious Stone; Church of Holy Sepulchre; Ceremonies
of Good Friday; Easter; The Sacred Fire; Grounds for Skepticism;
Folly of the Priests; Emotion upon entering the Holy Tomb;
Description of Chateaubriand; Holy Places in the City; On Mount Zion;
Pool of Siloam; Fountain of the Virgin; Valley of Jehoshaphat; Mount
of Offence; The Tombs of Zechariah, of Jehoshaphat, and of Absalom;
Jewish Architecture; Dr. Clarke's Opinion on the Topography of
Ancient Jerusalem; Opposed by other Writers; The Inexpedience of
such Discussions.
CHAPTER VI
.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY SOUTH AND EAST OF
JERUSALEM.
Garden of Gethsemane; Tomb of Virgin Mary; Grottoes on Mount of
Olives; View of the City; Extent and Boundaries; View of Bethany and
Dead Sea; Bethlehem; Convent; Church of the Nativity described;
Paintings; Music; Population of Bethlehem; Pools of Solomon;
Dwelling of Simon the Leper; Of Mary Magdalene; Tower of Simeon;
Tomb of Rachel; Convent of St. John; Fine Church; Tekoa Bethulia;
Hebron; Sepulchre of Patriarchs; Albaid; Kerek; Extremity of Dead Sea;
Discoveries of Bankes, Legh, and Irby and Mangles; Convent of St.
Saba; Valley of Jordan; Mountains; Description of Lake Asphaltites;
Remains of Ancient Cities in its Basin; Quality of its Waters; Apples of
Sodom; Tacitus, Seetzen, Hasselquist, Chateaubriand; Width of River
Jordan; Jericho; Village of Rihhah; Balsam; Fountain of Elisha; Mount
of Temptation; Place of Blood; Anecdote of Sir F. Henniker; Fountain
of the Apostles; Return to Jerusalem; Markets; Costume; Science; Arts;
Language; Jews; Present Condition of that People.
CHAPTER VII
.
DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY NORTHWARD OF
JERUSALEM.
Grotto of Jeremiah; Sepulchres of the Kings; Singular Doors; Village
of Leban; Jacob's Well; Valley of Shechem; Nablous; Samaritans;
Sebaste; Jennin; Gilead; Geraza or Djerash; Description of Ruins;
Gergasha of the Hebrews; Rich Scenery of Gilead; River Jabbok; Souf;
Ruins of Gamala; Magnificent Theatre; Gadara; Capernaum, or
Talhewm; Sea of Galilee; Bethsaida and Chorazin; Tarrachea; Sumuk;
Tiberias; Description of modern Town; House Of St. Peter; Baths;
University; Mount Tor, or Tabor; Description by Pococke, Maundrell,
Burckhardt, and Doubdan; View from the Top; Great Plain; Nazareth;
Church of Annunciation; Workshop of Joseph; Mount of Precipitation;
Table of Christ; Cana, or Kefer Kenna; Waterpots of Stone; Saphet, or
Szaffad; University; French; Sidney Smith; Dan; Sepphoris; Church of
St. Anne; Description by Dr. Clarke; Vale of Zabulon; Vicinity of
Acre.
CHAPTER VIII
.
THE HISTORY OF PALESTINE FROM THE FALL OF
JERUSALEM, TO THE PRESENT TIME.
State of Judea after the Fall of Jerusalem; Revolt under
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