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Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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from central Palestine to the East.Dr. Merrill says there is reason to be-lieve that this bridge existed in Christstime, and it is on the road by which theSaviour went from Galilee to Jerusalem.Below Lake Huleh is a bridge called Bridge of Jacobs Daughter, probablybuilt in the fifteenth century. There are four principal fords over theriver: the lower one, opposite Jericho,near the famous bathing-place of thepilgrims ; another, eastward of Sakut;and two others, nearer the Sea of Gali-lee. At low water there are manyother points at Avhich the river mightbe easily forded, and the British Survey I discovered evidences of various fords. j During the floods the Arabs are fre-quently obliged to swim their horses I across the river. Climate and Vegetation.—The greatdepression of the Jordan Valley givesto it a semi-tropical character. In itsnatural products it stands unique, a I tropical oasis sunk in the temperatezone. Under the intense heat vegeta- ; tion advances with wonderful rapidity,
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Source of the Jordan. (After plans by Major Wilson, E. E.)The figures denote the heights in feet above the sea-level. JOB JOB but is as quickly scorched wherever thewater-supply is not abundant. In themarshes of Huleh are acres of papyrus,the reeds sometimes reaching 16 feet inheight. This reed is now wholly extinctin Egypt, according to Tristram (NaturalHistory, p. 11), and to find it again onemust travel either to India or to Abys- sinia. Farther south along the riverscourse are the jujube (a tropical tree),date-palm, oleander, tamarisk, zuk-kum, or false balm of Gilead, osher,henna, etc. Even in the depth of win-ter the thermometer ranges from 60to 80 degrees. Scripture History.—The first mention

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