The Holy Land and Syria (1922) (14597052849)

Identifier: holylandsyria00carp (find matches)
Title: The Holy Land and Syria
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924
Subjects: Palestine -- Description and travel Syria -- Description and travel
Publisher: Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, Page & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ten say mass there. The house of Mary and Martha, where Christ stopped,is said to have been in an inclosure now full of bramblesand wild cactus. There is no building left, although theguides point out a pile of stones which they say wasonce a part of the wall. On the way to Bethany I was shown the site of thefig tree which was cursed by the Saviour and thereafternever bore fruit. There are many fig trees about, andorchards of them are to be found in most parts ofthe Holy Land. It was on the road to Bethany thatChrist is said to have mounted the colt which carriedhim on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem on PalmSunday. Shortly after I left Bethany I saw a curious sight bythe roadside. This was a man leaning backward over agreat gray boulder and rubbing himself violently upon it.There were some stones on top of the rock and I ob-served that the man added another stone to the pileand that he kissed the rock as he left. I asked myguide the secret of his actions. He replied: That stone 124
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Tradition says that by a miracle the prophet Ehsha purified the watersof this fountain. Excavations on the hillside above have uncovered thefoundations of the old city walls of Jericho, over which Rahob let downthe two spies of Joshua