The Holy Land and Syria

by Frank G. Carpenter

Szold, Henrietta. “Recent Progress in Palestine.” New York, 1920.

Wilbushewitz, N. “The Industrial Development of Palestine.” London, 1920.

INDEX

• Abraham, sacrificial rock of, [64].
• Agriculture, in the Land of Goshen, [6];
• in Palestine, [159].
• Allenby, General, the successful Crusader, [1].
• Alouf, Dr. Michel, archæologist at Baalbek, [239].
• American cemetery at Jerusalem purchased by trickery by Germans who remove bodies, [44], [250].
• American colonies in the Holy Land, [172].
• American education in the Near East, [252].
• American Medical Unit in Palestine, [202].
• American store in Jerusalem, [174].
• American trade, opportunities for, in Syria, [267].
• Ananias, house of, at Damascus, [212].
• Andromeda, the rocks of, [18].
• Anglo-Israelite Colonization Society, work of, [170], [176].
• Ararat, Mount, in Armenia, [274].
• Armenia, the sufferings of, [271].
• Armenian Patriarch at Jerusalem, [273].
• Armenian women, costumes of, [276];
• marriage customs, [277].
• Armenians, as sharp traders, [271].
• Ascension, Chapel of the, [127].
• Asyut, American college at, [252].
• Ayasoluk, railway station for Ephesus, [263], [266].
• Baal, worship of, [235].
• Baalbek, ruins of the ancient city, [232].
• Babel, Tower of, at Baalbek, [234].
• Bacchus, temple of, at Baalbek, [236].
• Banias, at source of the Jordan, [130].
• Baptisms in the Jordan, [55].
• Bashan, compared with Bible times, [32].
• Bazaars of Jerusalem, [111].
• Beeroth, [155].
• Bees and honey of Palestine, [164].
• Beirut, American college at, [256];
• college has largest publishing house in the Orient, [259].
• Beitin, the ancient Bethel, [155].
• Berlin-to-Bagdad scheme, Germany’s, [249].
• Bethany, of to-day, [123].
• Bethel, now called Beitin, [155].
• Bethlehem, visits to, [138].
• Birthplace of Christ, the, [144].
• Bliss, Dr. Howard S., difficulties with the literary censorship, [255];
• handles a strike of Moslem students, [257].
• Boaz, Field of, [140], [141].
• Bomb for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [107].
• Bread bakers of Jerusalem, [115].
• Brickmaking at Bubastis, [9].
• Bridge of Jacob’s Daughters, [131].
• British government of Palestine and Syria, [280].
• British mandate over Palestine, [197].
• Bubastis, city of cat worship, [9].
• Caiaphas, the house of, [44].
• Cain and Abel, Moslem tradition of, [246].
• Calvary, the site as located by General Gordon, [46].
• Camels and their use, [164].
• Cana, village of, [195].
• Candies of Damascus, [218].
• Capernaum, excavations at, [192].
• Carmelite nunnery on Mount of Olives, [126].
• Cat worship, at Bubastis, [9].
• Catacombs of Jerusalem, [60].
• Cave dwellers in Jerusalem, [39].
• Cedars of Lebanon, [240].
• Cemeteries, weddings in, [83].
• Censorship of reading matter by Turkish officials, [255].
• Chapel of the Ascension, [127].
• Chapel of the Manger, [146].
• Children of the Holy Land, [182].
• Christ, Tomb of, [90].
• Christians barred from railroads to Mohammedan holy cities, [242].
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [48], [88].
• Church of the Lord’s Prayer, the, [126].
• Church of the Nativity, [144].
• Costumes of Damascus women, [224].
• Crucifixion, relics of the, [91].
• Damascus, the world’s oldest city, [204];
• the heart of the Mohammedan world, [209];
• massacres of Christians at, in modern times, [209], [217];
• bazaars of, [214];
• foreign trade, [220];
• manufacture of jewellery, [221].
• Damascus-Beirut railway, travels on, [246].
• David, Tower of, [36].
• David-Goliath battlefield, [25].
• Day of Judgment, the Mohammedan belief, [46].
• Dead Sea, the, [129], [131], [135].
• Dervishes, fanaticism of the, [278].
• Diana, temple of, at Ephesus, [263].
• Divorce, in Damascus, [225].
• Donkeys, their use in the Holy Land, [164].
• Dorcas, the tomb of, [21].
• Easter Week in Jerusalem, [48], [55], [84].
• Ebal, Mount, [157].
• Eddy, Dr. Mary, work of, as medical missionary, [260].
• Education, American, in the Near East, [252].
• Elijah, the cave of, [122].
• Elisha, the fountain of, [122].
• Ephesus, excavations at, [262].
• Eucalyptus, introduction of the, [170].
• Evil Eye, belief in the, [78].
• Excavations, at Baalbek, German, [234];
• at Ephesus, [262];
• at Jericho, [119].
• Farming in Palestine, [159].
• Fat-tailed sheep, [141].
• Fatima, tomb of, at Damascus, [210].
• Field of Boaz, [140], [141].
• Field of Peas, the, [142].
• Field of the Shepherds, the, [142].
• Figs, production of, in Syria, [269].
• Fishermen of the Sea of Galilee, [189].
• Flight into Egypt, the, [10].
• Flowers of Palestine, the, [165].
• Foot washing, the ceremony of, [95].
• Franz Josef, costly gifts of, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [50].
• French-Jewish Society, work of, [171].
• Fuel, scarcity of, [33].
• Gabriel’s Spring, Nazareth, [180].
• Gadarenes, land of the, [188].
• Galilee, Sea of, [131], [187].
• Garden of Gethsemane, the, [127].
• German church at Jerusalem, [43], [249], [250].
• German colonies in Palestine, [248].
• German excavations at Baalbek, [234].
• German hospice at Jerusalem, [249].
• Germany’s methods in the Near East, [249].
• Gerizim, Mount, Samaritan Passover sacrifice on, [150].
• Gethsemane, Garden of, [46], [127].
• Gezer, excavations at, [27].
• Gifts to the churches, [108].
• Gihon, Pool of, [139].
• Gilead, compared with Bible times, [32].
• Gomorrah and Sodom, sites of, [137].
• Good Samaritan Inn, the, [125].
• Gordon, General, site of Calvary located by, [46];
• believed Place of the Skull the scene of the Crucifixion, [154].
• Goshen, in Joseph’s time and now, [4];
• a land of gardens, [6].
• Graveyard marriages, superstition regarding, [82].
• Great Mosque, the, at Damascus, [207].
• Greek Church, a great factor in the religious life of the Holy Land, [53];
• strength of, [101], [109].
• Hadassah Medical Organization, work of, in Palestine, [202].
• Hamlin, Rev. Cyrus, organizer of Robert College, Constantinople, [254].
• Hardegg, American hotel keeper at Jaffa, [19].
• Hebrew art, revival of, [201].
• Herzl, Dr. Theodore, founder of Zionist movement, [198].
• Hezekiah, Pool of, [35], [36].
• Holy Family, route of, into Egypt, [10].
• Holy fire, “miracle” of the, [98].
• Holy Land, returned to Christian and Jew, [1].
• Holy Sepulchre, Church of the, [48], [88].
• Holy Week, in Jerusalem, [48], [55], [84].
• Huleh, Lake, [131].
• Irrigation, in Mesopotamia, British plans for, [248];
• in the Land of Goshen, [6].
• Jacob’s Daughters, Bridge of, [131].
• Jacob’s Well, [152].
• Jaffa, the city of Jonah, [14];
• one of the world’s worst harbours, [16];
• lumber for Solomon’s Temple landed at, [17], [66], [241].
• Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad, the, [26].
• Jaffa to Jerusalem, the journey from, [32].
• Jehoshaphat, Valley of, [44].
• Jeremiah, Lamentations of, where written, [46];
• chanting of, [76].
• Jericho, excavations at, [119];
• arriving at, [123].
• Jerusalem, growth of the city, [37];
• materials used in house construction in, [38];
• the mecca of millions, [40];
• the building of the walls, [45];
• pilgrimage city of the world, [48];
• Jews barred from, [68];
• mean temperature of, [130];
• increase in population under the British, [282].
• Jesus’s Spring, in Nazareth, [180].
• Jewellery, manufacture of, in Damascus, [221].
• Jewels bestowed by pilgrims to Jerusalem, [50].
• Jewish Colonies, development of, [169].
• Jews, coming into their own, [68];
• classes of, in Palestine, [69];
• dress and customs of, [71];
• superstitions of, [78].
• Jonah, story of, [16].
• Jonah’s city, Jaffa, [14].
• Jordan River, long and crooked, [30];
• the blessing of the water, [55];
• baptisms in, [56];
• travels along the, [129];
• source of, [130].
• Jordan Valley, the, [129];
• mean temperature of, [130].
• Judas’s betrayal of Christ, spot of, [128].
• Judea, via the railway, [23].
• Juneau, tuberculosis hospital at, [260].
• Kaiserin Augusta, hospice on Mount of Olives in honour of, [249].
• Kedron, gardens of, [44].
• Kedron, Valley of, [154].
• Kersting, Father, excavations in Nazareth, [180].
• Lake Huleh, [131].
• Lamentations of Jeremiah, where written, [46];
• chanting of the, [76].
• Lazarus, tomb of, [123].
• Law of Moses, Samaritan parchment of the, [150].
• Lebanon, cedars of, [240].
• Lebanon Mountains, scantily forested, [240].
• Livestock in the Land of Goshen, [6].
• Lord’s Prayer, the Church of the, [125].
• Lot’s wife, the pillar of salt, [137].
• Louse Market, Damascus, [217].
• Machinery, American, needed in Syria, [267].
• Magi, Well of the, [141].
• Mandeville, Sir John, first report of the cotton plant, [5].
• Manger, Chapel of the, [146].
• Markets of Jerusalem, the, [117].
• Marriage and divorce customs of the Holy Land, [226].
• Marriage at early age in Palestine, [184].
• Marriage customs in Armenia, [277].
• Mary and Martha, house of, at Bethany, [124].
• Mary’s Well, Nazareth, [180].
• Masons, meeting of, in the Mosque of Omar, [282].
• Massacres of Christians in Damascus in modern times, [209], [217].
• Mecca, railroad to, [242];
• Moslem pilgrimages to, [209];
• pilgrimages to, a means of distribution of civilized ideas, [258].
• Medical missionaries in the Orient, [259].
• Mesopotamia, British plans for irrigation in, [248];
• agricultural possibilities of, [268].
• “Miracle” of the holy fire, the, [98].
• Mizpah, where Saul was anointed king, [25], [154].
• Moab, compared with Bible times, [32].
• Modern innovations in the Holy Land, [1].
• Money changers, customs of the, [87], [111].
• Montefiore colonies at Jerusalem, [171].
• Moriah, Mount, [57].
• Moses, where found, in the Nile bulrushes, [11].
• Moses’ Tabernacle, site of, [65].
• Mosque of Omar, water supply for, [34];
• on site of Solomon’s Temple, [36], [48];
• history of, [62];
• kept under Moslem guard by the British, [282].
• Mosques and praying carriages on Mecca railway, [243].
• Mount Ebal, [157].
• Mount Moriah, [57].
• Mount Nebo, [129], [134].
• Mount of Olives, [30], [125].
• Mount Scopus, [154].
• Naaman, the Syrian, house of, at Damascus, [212].
• Nablus, one of the oldest towns of history, [157].
• Nativity, Church of the, [144].
• Nazareth, early home of the Saviour, [177].
• Nebo, Mount, [129], [134].
• Noah, tomb of, [247].
• Obelisks, American tourists at the, [12].
• Olive oil, made in primitive manner, [116].
• Olives, production of, in Syria, [269].
• Omar, Mosque of, water supply for, [34];
• on site of Solomon’s Temple, [36], [48];
• its history, [62];
• kept under Moslem guard by the British, [282].
• Ornan, the Jebusite, threshing-floor of, [59], [64].
• Palestine, returned to Christian and Jew, [1];
• first view of its shores, [15];
• comparative size, [30];
• character of the country, [31];
• farming in, [159];
• under the British, [280].
• Palestine Exploration Fund excavations at Gezer, [27].
• Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, [92].
• Patriarch of Jerusalem, a talk with the, [101].
• Peas, the Field of, [142].
• Pilgrimages to the Holy City, [14], [40], [48], [49], [53].
• Pithom, treasure city of Pharaoh, [8].
• Place of the Skull, the, [46], [154].
• Pontius Pilate, house of, [93].
• Pool of Gihon, [139].
• Pool of Hezekiah, [35], [36].
• Pool of Siloam, [35], [54].
• Pools of Solomon, now a poor water supply, [34].
• Quarrels between the sects, [106].
• Rachel, Tomb of, [142].
• Railroads in the Holy Land, [242].
• Rainfall, scanty proportion of, [34].
• Rameses, treasure city of Pharaoh, [8].
• Religions, strength of the different, [110].
• Robert College, Constantinople, influence of, [253].
• Roses, Valley of, [140].
• Rothschild, Baron Edward, founds Jewish colonies in Palestine, [171], [174], [176].
• Ruins, the world’s mighty, [233].
• Russian hospice, the, [53].
• Russians, chief pilgrims to the Holy Land, [53].
• Saladin, tomb of, at Damascus, [211].
• Samaritans, among the, [149].
• Samson’s fight with the Philistines, place of, [26].
• Samuel, Tomb of, [154].
• St. Helena, locates place of the Crucifixion, [51].
• St. Stephen, place of the stoning of, [45].
• St. Paul, tracing footsteps of, [211];
• place of his escape over wall of Damascus, [213].
• St. Peter and his dream, [20].
• Schools of Nazareth, the, [184].
• Scopus, Mount, [154].
• Sea of Galilee, [131], [187].
• Seilum, the ancient Shiloh, [155].
• Sepulchre of Christ, the, [91].
• Seth, tomb of, [247].
• Shechem, one of the oldest towns of history, [157].
• Sheep, the fat-tailed variety, [141], [160].
• Shepherds, Field of the, [142].
• Shiloh, now called Seilum, [155].
• Shops of Jerusalem, smallness of the, [113].
• Silk production in Syria, [268].
• Siloam, Pool of, [35], [44].
• Simon the Tanner, house of, [20].
• Skull, Place of the, [154].
• Smyrna, largest city in Asia Minor, [267].
• Sodom and Gomorrah, sites of, [137].
• Solomon, Pools of, now a poor water supply, [34].
• Solomon’s Temple, lumber for, landed at Jaffa, [17], [66], [241];
• Mosque of Omar on site of, [36], [48];
• site of, [45];
• holiest spot on the globe, [57];
• dimensions of, [67].
• Souvenirs, the purchase of, [222].
• Spaffordites, colony of the, in Palestine, [173].
• Sphinx, legend of the Holy Family at the, [11].
• Stone of Unction, the, [49], [89].
• Storekeepers of Jerusalem, [111].
• Street called Straight, the, at Damascus, [212];
• shopping in, [214].
• Suk Wadi Baroda, on Damascus-Beirut railway, [246].
• Superstitions of the Jews, [78].
• Syria under the British, [280].
• Tabernacle of Moses, site of, [65].
• Taxes and their collection in Palestine, [167].
• Temples of Baalbek, [233].
• Tiberias on Sea of Galilee, [193].
• Tomb of Christ, the, [90];
• of Dorcas, [21];
• Fatima, [210];
• of Lazarus, [123];
• of Noah, [247];
• of Rachel, [142];
• of Saladin, [211];
• of Samuel, [154];
• of Seth, [247].
• Tower of Babel, at Baalbek, [234].
• Tower of David, the, [36].
• Tuberculosis among the Bedouin tribes, [260].
• Unction, Stone of, [49], [89].
• United Presbyterian Church, educational institutions of, in Nile Valley, [252].
• Valley of Roses, [140].
• Veiled women of Damascus, the, [223].
• Virgin Mary, jewel-covered image of, at Jerusalem, [50].
• Washing the feet, ceremony of, [95].
• Watch towers of Jerusalem, the, [43].
• Water supply, by scanty wells and cisterns, [34].
• Weddings, in cemeteries, [82].
• Well of the Magi, [141].
• Wilhelm II, breach in wall of Jerusalem in honour of, [139];
• places golden wreath on tomb of Saladin, [211];
• his trip through the Holy Land, [233], [250].
• Women, veiled, of Damascus, [223].
• Women’s rights in the Holy Land, [230].
• Zagazig, a famous cotton port, [4].
• Zammarin, Jewish colony at, [174].
• Zangwill, Israel, talk with on Zionist movement, [198].
• Zion, Mount, view from, [37];
• on the slope of, [43].
• Zionist colonies in Palestine, [170].
• Zionist movement, the, [196].
• Zimpel, originator of Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad idea, [26].
• Zorah, birthplace of Samson, [27].