A History of Sinai

by Lina Eckenstein

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Foreword	[iii]
	Approximate Dating of Egyptian Dynasties	[v]
	Rulers of Pharan and the Convent of Sinai	[vii]
	Chief Authorities	[ix]
	List of Illustrations	[xiii]
I.	Introductory	[1]
II.	Sinai a Centre of Moon-Cult	[8]
III.	The Sanctuary at Serabit	[17]
IV.	The Egyptians in Sinai. I.	[30]
V.	Early Peoples and Place Names	[41]
VI.	The Egyptians in Sinai. II.	[52]
VII.	The Israelites in Sinai. I.	[64]
VIII.	The Israelites in Sinai. II.	[74]
IX.	The Nabateans	[83]
X.	The Hermits in Sinai	[94]
XI.	The Writings of the Hermits	[106]
XII.	The Building of the Convent	[121]
XIII.	Mohammad and St. Katherine	[134]
XIV.	Sinai during the Crusades	[143]
XV.	The Pilgrims of the Middle Ages. I.	[155]
XVI.	The Pilgrims of the Middle Ages. II.	[165]
XVII.	The Convent between 1500 and 1800	[173]
XVIII.	Sinai in the Nineteenth Century	[183]
	Alphabetical Index	[195]

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