Lands of The Bible - 1880, by J. W. MCGARVEY. ver. 1.1

A geographical and topographical description of Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece.

If you have never been to the Holy Land, (I have not) this author helps you visulaize these biblical locations. It might be nice to have maps added to certain sections of the book for even better understanding of the geography.

THE following work is the result of much careful study continued through many years, and of a personal visit to the lands of which it treats. The author has been a teacher of Sacred History in the College of the Bible for fifteen years, and his course of instruction includes all of the historical matter in the entire Bible. The necessity for a knowledge of sacred geography, in order to the elucidation of sacred history, led him to a careful study of the former subject. But no man can so vividly depict to others the local features of a country as one who has seen them with his own eyes. In order, therefore, to qualify himself more thoroughly for his chosen and favorite line of instruction, the author made a visit, in the year 1879, to Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, and Greece.

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• Frontispiece
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Introduction
• PART FIRST: THE GEOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE.
• Chapter I: General Description of the Country.
  • § I: The Land Promised to Abraham.§ II: The Land Inhabited by Israel.§ III: The Maritime Plain.§ IV: The Hill Country of Judea.§ V: The Plain of Esdra'elon and Adjoining Plains.§ VI: The Hills of Galilee.§ VII: The Valley of the Jordan.§ VIII: The Dead Sea.§ IX: Beyond the Jordan.
• Chapter II: The Climate, Soil, and Productions.
  • § I: Climate.§ II: Soil of the Various Sections.§ III: Products of the Soil.§ IV: Domestic Animals.§ V: Wild Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, Insects, and Fishes.
• Chapter III: The People of Palestine.
  • § I: The Turks.§ II: The Jews.§ III: The Bed'awin Arabs.§ IV: The Fel'lahin.§ V: The Native Christians.§ VI: Europeans.
• Chapter IV: Modes of Agriculture.
  • § I: Ploughing and Sowing.§ II: Harvesting, Threshing, and Grinding.§ III: Tenure of Lands.
• Chapter V: Modes of Architecture.
  • § I: Building Materials.§ II: Architecture of the Cities.§ III: Architecture of the Villages.§ IV: Sacred Buildings.
• Chapter VI: Social and Domestic Habits of the People.
  • § I: Marriage and Divorce.§ II: Care of Children.§ III: Preparation of Food.§ IV: Household Furniture.§ V: Personal Habits.§ VI: Amusements.§ VII: Funerals and Burial-Places.
• Chapter VII: State of Education and Religion.
  • § I: Education among the Moslem.§ II: Education among the Greeks and Latins.§ III: Condition of Mohammedanism.§ IV: The Labors of Missionaries.
• PART SECOND: THE TOPOGRAPHY OF PALESTINE.
• Chapter I: Jerusalem.
  • § I: The Original City.§ II: The City under Solomon.§ III: Addition, by the Successors of Solomon.§ IV: Its Destruction by Titus and its Later History.§ V: Its Present Walls, Hills, and Valleys.§ VI: Its Streets, Public Buildings, etc.§ VII: The Har'am.§ VIII: The Pools or Jerusalem.§ IX: The Environs of Jerusalem.
• Chapter II: Places with Jerusalem as a Centre.
  • § I: On the Road to Bethlehem.§ II: Bethlehem and its Vicinity.§ III: Solomon's Pools and Aqueduct.§ IV: Toward the Dead Sea and the Jordan.§ V: In the Hills of Benjamin.§ VI: In the Western Hills.
• Chapter III: Places with Hebron as a Centre.
  • § I: Hebron and its Suburbs.§ II: From Hebron to the Dead Sea.§ III: From Hebron to Beer'sheba.§ IV: From Hebron to Beth'-shemesh.
• Chapter IV: Places on the Maritime Plain.
  • § I: In the Land of the Philis'tines.§ II: In the Plain of Sha'ron.
• Chapter V: Places with She'chem as a Centre.
  • § I: Between Bethel and She'chem.§ II: She'chem and its Environs.§ III: Places West and North of She'chem.
• Chapter VI: Places about the Plain of Esdra'elon.
  • § I: On the Eastern Border.§ II: On the Southern Border.§ III: On the Plain of A'cre.
• Chapter VII: Places in Galilee.
  • § I: Nazareth and its Vicinity.§ II: About the Lake of Galilee.§ III: North of the Lake of Galilee.
• Chapter IX: Places along the Jordan and Beyond.
  • § I: In the Plain of Jericho and the Plain of Moab.§ II: In the Upper Sections of the Jordan Valley.§ III: In the Uplands beyond the Jordan.
• Chapter IX: Argument from the Agreement of the Land and the Book.
• PART THIRD: LETTERS OF TRAVEL.
• Letter I: Leaving Home and Crossing the Atlantic.
• Letter II: Through England and France into Italy.
• Letter III: Rome, Naples, Vesuvius, Pompeii.
• Letter IV: Egypt: The Pyramids.
• Letter V: Egypt: The Sphinx, the Tombs, and the Red Sea.
• Letter VI: The Peninsula of Mount Sinai.
• Letter VII: From Suez to Jerusalem.
• Letter VIII: Beyond the Jordan.
• Letter IX: The Hot Springs, the Plain of Shittim, and Return to Jerusalem.
• Letter X: Bethlehem, Solomon's Pools, Hebron, and En-gedi.
• Letter XI: Beer'-sheba, Edom, and Philistia.
• Letter XII: From Jerusalem to She'chem.
• Letter XIII: From She'chem to the Lake of Galilee.
• Letter XIV: From Tiberias to Tyre.
• Letter XV: From Tyre to Sidon.
• Letter XVI: From Sidon to Mount Hermon.
• Letter XVII: Damascus.
• Letter XVIII: From Damascus to Beirut.
• Letter XIX: From Beirut to the Seven Churches of Asia.
• Letter XX: Sardis, Thyatira, Pergamos, and Smyrna.
• Letter XXI: Constantinople and Athens.
• Letter XXII: Homeward Bound.
• Appendix: Dr. Vartan's Observations at Nazareth.
• Index.
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