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Haifa; or, Life in modern Palestine

Laurence Oliphant · Archaeology_and_Anthropology · 75 章

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HAIFA OR LIFE IN MODERN PALESTINE PREFACE.CONTENTS.INTRODUCTION.A VISIT TO EPHESUS.THE RUINS OF ATHLIT.A JEWISH COLONY IN ITS INFANCY.THE TEMPLE SOCIETY.THE TEMPLE COLONIES IN PALESTINE.EXPLORING MOUNT CARMEL.THE VALLEY OF THE MARTYRS.THE ROCK-HEWN CEMETERY OF SHEIK ABREIK.EASTER AMONG THE MELCHITES.THE JEWISH QUESTION IN PALESTINE.“HOLY PLACES” IN GALILEE.PROGRESS IN PALESTINE.THE FIRST PALESTINE RAILWAY.SAFED.MEIRON.THE FEAST OF ST. ELIAS.A SUMMER CAMP ON CARMEL.THE DRUSES OF MOUNT CARMEL.EXPLORATION ON CARMEL.A PLACE FAMOUS IN HISTORY.THE BABS AND THEIR PROPHET.AN ANCIENT JEWISH COMMUNITY.DOMESTIC LIFE AMONG THE SYRIANS.FISHING ON LAKE TIBERIAS.A VISIT TO THE SULPHUR SPRINGS OF AMATHA.EXPLORATION OF THE VALLEY OF THE YARMUK.EXPLORATION ON THE YARMUK.A DRUSE RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL.THE GREAT FESTIVAL OF THE DRUSES.HATTIN AND IRBID.THE JEWISH FEAST OF THE BURNING AT TIBERIAS.HOUSE-BUILDING ON CARMEL.DOMESTIC LIFE AMONG THE DRUSES.CIRCASSIAN HIGHWAYMEN.—A DRUSE FESTIVAL AT ELIJAH'S ALTAR.ARMAGEDDON.—THE BOSNIAN COLONY AT CÆSAREA.CÆSAREA.VILLAGE FEUDS.THE ARISTOCRACY OF MOUNT CARMEL.THE JORDAN VALLEY CANAL.LOCAL POLITICS AND PROGRESS.THE IDENTIFICATION OF ANCIENT SITES.THE SEA OF GALILEE IN THE TIME OF CHRIST.THE SCENE OF THE MIRACLE OF THE FIVE LOAVES AND TWO SMALL FISHES.CAPERNAUM AND CHORAZIN.DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT SYNAGOGUE.CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RUINS OF SYNAGOGUES.A NIGHT ADVENTURE NEAR THE LAKE OF TIBERIAS.KHISFIN.FURTHER EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY.THE DISCOVERY OF UMM EL-KANATAR.THE ROCK TOMBS OF PALESTINE.GENERAL GORDON'S LAST VISIT TO HAIFA.THE CONVENT OF CARMEL versus THE TOWN OF HAIFA.PROGRESS EVEN IN PALESTINE.THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF GEZER.TRADITIONAL SITES AT JERUSALEM.TRADITIONAL SITES AT JERUSALEM—Continued.PROGRESS IN JERUSALEM.THE THREE JERICHOS.JERICHO—A NEW WINTER RESORT.A SHORT CUT OVER AN UNKNOWN COUNTRY.EXPLORATIONS IN PALESTINE.SACRED SAMARITAN RECORDS.THE TEN LOST TRIBES.RESEARCHES IN SAMARIA.A DRUSE FATHER'S VENGEANCE.ANCIENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH READERS.CATALOGUE OF MESSRS BLACKWOOD & SONS' PUBLICATIONS.Chapter 73 Chapter 74 THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE