CONTENTS

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Dedication[v]
Preface[vii]
Contents[xiii]
List of Illustrations[xv]
Authorities Consulted[xvii]
IOld Testament—Deutero-Canonical Books—New
Testament References to Gaza[19]
IISummary of Chief Events relating to Gaza,
from 1503 b.c. to a.d. 1913[28]
Section I (1503 b.c.-30 b.c.).
Section II (a.d 41-a.d. 1913).
IIIFrankincense (Arabian) and Gaza[39]
IVNotes on Gaza Coins[41]
VThe Jews at Gaza[46]
VIThe Samaritans[48]
VIISome Early Bishops[50]
(1) of Gaza.
(2) of Mayoumas.
VIIIThirteen Martyrs at Gaza[56]
IXSt. Hilarion[58]
XSozomen—Church Historian[61]
XIThe Orthodox Greek Church in Gaza[63]
XIIThe Empress Eudoxia—the Gaza Church "Eudoxiana"[64]
XIIIThe Crusaders at Gaza[66]
XIVThe Pashas of Gaza[70]
XVDagon—the National God of the Philistines[72]
XVIThe Gaza Jupiter[74]
XVIIAn Old Sarcophagus at Gaza[76]
XVIIIThe Great Mosque (Al Jami-al-Kebir)[79]
XIXGaza—The Key of Syria[82]
XXGardens—Olive Groves—Birds, etc.[87]
XXIHistory of the C.M.S. Gaza Mission, 1878-1912[90]
XXIIEl Arîsh and C.M.S. Mission[93]
APPENDICES
IPublic Games at Gaza[97]
IIDestruction of the Eight Heathen Temples
of Gaza, a.d. 401[110]
IIIBiblical References[115]
Index[117]