CONTENTS.
| [CHAPTER I.] | PAGE |
| ORIGIN OF THE NAME JERUSALEM—HISTORY—TOPOGRAPHY AND GENERALASPECT—CLIMATE—POPULATION—WATERS | [1] |
[CHAPTER II.] | |
| ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHY OF JERUSALEM—IDENTIFICATION OF THE MOUNTAINS, HILLS ANDVALLEYS—JERUSALEM IN THE TIME OF THE JEBUSITES, DAVID, SOLOMON, JOTHAM, HEZEKIAH,MANASSEH, NEHEMIAH, HEROD—THE TESTIMONY OF JOSEPHUS EXAMINED—THE SIEGE BYTITUS—FORMER EXTENT OF THE CITY—JERUSALEM IN THE TIME OF HADRIAN, THE CRUSADERSAND SOLYMAN | [16] |
[CHAPTER III.] | |
| MOUNT MORIAH AND ITS ENVIRONS—HISTORY IN THE TIME OF ABRAHAM,JACOB, DAVID, SOLOMON, ZERUBBABEL, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, THE MACCABEES,POMPEIUS, CRASSUS, THE HERODS, TITUS, HADRIAN, CONSTANTINE, JULIAN THE APOSTATE,OMAR, ABD-EL-MALEK, VALID OR ELULID, THE CRUSADERS, SALADIN, SELIM I., SOLYMAN I.—GENERALEXAMINATION OF MORIAH, WITH DETAILS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS | [45] |
[CHAPTER IV.] | |
| THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION, AND THE HOSPITAL OF S. JOHN,WITH THEIR ENVIRONS—HISTORYOF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE FROM THE DEATH OF CHRIST TO THE PRESENT TIME—GENUINENESSOF THE SEPULCHRE—GOLGOTHA—EXAMINATION OF THE EXTERIOR ANDINTERIOR OF THE CHURCH—RUINS OF THE HOSPITAL | [102] |
[CHAPTER V.] | |
| INVESTIGATIONS IN THE VIA DOLOROSA (OR THE WAY OF THE CROSS).THE RELIGIOUS ANDOTHER REMARKABLE BUILDINGS IN IT OR IN ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD AND IN THE RESTOF THE CITY, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE CONVENTS OF THE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES | [135] |
[CHAPTER VI.] | |
| EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE CITY ON THE EAST, SOUTH,AND SOUTH-WEST—THEVALLEY OF KIDRON, CALLED ALSO THE VALLEY OF JEHOSHAPHAT, WITH ITS MONUMENTSAND REMARKABLE PLACES—THE MOUNT OF OLIVES—BETHPHAGE—BETHANY—THEVALLEY OF HINNOM—THE MOUNT OF EVIL COUNSEL—SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF THEVALLEY OF GIHON—MOUNT SION—CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES—TOMB OF DAVID, AND SUBTERRANEANVAULTS—THE CŒNACULUM—THE HOUSE OF CAIAPHAS—THE GROTTO OF S. PETER—THELEPERS | [167] |
[CHAPTER VII.] | |
| EXCURSIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE CITY ON THE NORTH ANDWEST—THE MONUMENTOF HELENA OF ADIABENE, AND THE CHURCH DEDICATED TO S. STEPHEN—ROYAL CAVERNS—GROTTOOF JEREMIAH—HOUSE OF THE VINE—TOMBS OF THE KINGS—SHEIKH JERRAH—ANCIENTSYNAGOGUE—TOMB OF SIMON THE JUST—TOMBS AT THE HEAD OF THE KIDRONVALLEY—KIDRON POOL—VARIOUS TOMBS ON THE NORTH-WEST—TOMBS OF THE JUDGES—SHEIKHAYMAR—RUSSIAN BUILDINGS—VALLEY OF GIHON—BIRKET MAMILLAH—MONUMENTOF HEROD, AND RUINS OF THE CHURCH OF S. BABYLAS—GREEK CONVENT OF THE HOLYCROSS—PROPERTY OF THE ARCHIMANDRITE NICOFORUS | [223] |
[CHAPTER VIII.] | |
| ON THE WATERS, FIT OR UNFIT FOR DRINKING, IN JERUSALEM AND ITSNEIGHBOURHOOD | [245] |
[CHAPTER IX.] | |
| GENERAL REMARKS UPON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM | [262] |
| NOTES | [281] |
CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY | [311] |
PRINCIPAL PASSAGES FROM THE HOLY BIBLE | [315] |
PASSAGES FROM JOSEPHUS'S ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS | [323] |
PASSAGES FROM JOSEPHUS'S HISTORY OF THE JEWISH WAR | [327] |
INDEX | [333] |