Lands of the Bible
by J.W. McGarvey
Read and Proofread by Brad Johnson
Cincinnati Bible College & Seminary
July, 1998
Illustrations
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olive
s
Mouth of the River Arnon
Southern End of the Dead Sea
Stone Houses in the Lejah'
Syrian Oak
Abraham's Oak
Carob-Tree and Pods
Sycamore-Tree and Fruit
Olive-Branch and Berry
Old Olive in Garden of Gethsemane
Date-Palm
Syrian Sheep
Syrian Buffalo
Egyptian Donkey
Ships of the Desert
Jackal
Stork on a Ruin
Sultan Abdul Aziz
A Bed'awin Camp
Sheikh Fellah'
Dress of Working Class
An Arab Ploughing
Threshing: The Mow'rej
Village Bake-Oven
Bed'awin Eating
Scene in a Burial-Ground
An Ordinary Jewish Sepulchre
Sepulchre Open, Closed and Sealed
Entrance to Tombs of the Kings
A Family Sepulchre in Phoenicia
Entering a Mosque
A Mussulman at Prayer
Rock Soundings of Jerusalem
Substructions at the Southeast Corner of the Har'am
Tower of David: Northern Side
Plan of Jerusalem
The Damascus Gate: Jerusalem
One of Captain Warren's Shafts
Valley of Gihon
Via Dolorosa, Pilate's Arch
American Consulate and Other Buildings, Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
The Holy Sepulchre
Northern Wall of the Har'am
Mosque El Aksa
Dome of the Rock
"Royal Cistern" of the Temple
Jews' Wailing-Place
Entrance to the Virgin's Pool
Pool of Siloam and Garden below
Upper Pool of Gihon
Pool of Hezekiah
Garden of Gethsemane and Mount of Olives
Tombs of James and Zachariah
Rachel's Tomb
Bethlehem from the North
Convent and Church of the Nativity
Solomon's Pools
Supply-Fountain of Solomon's Pools
The Har'am at Hebron
Hebron
Joppa
Tower of the Forty
She'chem: Nab'lus
Sacred Rock of the Samaritans
Samaritans at Worship
Herod's Colonnade at Samaria
Mount Tabor
Nazareth
Ruins of a Synagogue: Capernaum
Site of Capernaum
Ruins of Chorazin
Bridge of Jacob's Daughters
Southern Gate of Caesarea-Philip'pi
Ford of the Jordan
Ruins of Gad'ara
A View in Bozrah
A Palace in Kunawat
Southern Gate of Jerash'
Entrance to Castle of Hyrcanus
The Champs Elysees, Paris
Pisa
Baptistery in Pisa
Rome
The Pan'theon
The Arch of Titus
Crater of Mount Vesuvius
Pompey's Pillar
A View in Alexandria
Dancing Dervishes
Pyramid of Cheops
The Sphinx
The Spring of Moses
Mount Sinai
The Tabernacle
Convent of St. Catherine
The Suez Canal
Our Camp in the Ruins of Baalbe
Aaron's Tomb
El Kus'neh, Petra
Modern Tyre
Hiram's Tomb
Damascus
Court of a House in Damascus
Tomb of the Head of John the Baptist
The "Street called Straight"
Eastern Gate of Damascus
Stone in the Quarry at Baalbec
Large Stones in Wall, Baalbec
Recess in the Temple-Wall, Baalbec
Portal of the Temple of the Sun, Baalbec
The Cedars of Lebanon
One of the Old Cedars
Cave and Falls of Adonis
Natural Bridge in Lebanon
Antioch
Ancient Theatre at Ephesus
A View in Constantinople
Mosque of St. Sophi'a
Feet-Washing Before Prayer
Mars Hill
The Parthenon
The Erechtheum
Church of St. Mark and Palace of the Doges
The Bridge of Sighs
The Cathedral at Milan
Introduction
Chapter 1