Joel, a Boy of Galilee. A. F. Johnson.
APPENDIX C
LIST OF STEREOGRAPHS
Lessons 1 to 7. No Stereographs.
Lesson 8
“Four Thousand Years Unchanged; Patriarchal Life in Palestine To-day”
This big, grassy plain is in a part of Galilee which Abraham and his emigrant party probably crossed when they were moving into Palestine. These people whom we see now are Bedouins. They live in almost the same way as Abraham’s family, moving from one place to another, wherever they can find plenty of pasturage for their animals. The Bible tells (Genesis 12:16) how Abraham owned camels like these. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, used to spin coarse yarn out of the wool of her sheep and the hair of her goats, and then weave the yarn into cloth for clothing and tents. These tents before us were made in that way by Bedouin women. In the nearest tent we can plainly see a piece of striped cloth hung up so as to divide the tent into two rooms. Abraham’s camp home was like that, and one of the two rooms was specially for Sarah. The clothes of these Bedouins are much like the ones that Abraham and his men wore. Notice how each Bedouin has, instead of a hat, a large piece of cloth to protect the top of his head and the back of his neck from the hot sun.
Lesson 9
“Hebron, the Home of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob”
This town whose little stone houses are crowded so close together is the place which the Bible calls Hebron. It was an old town even when Abraham first came here. Abraham settled down near the village, and his cattle, sheep, and goats were pastured on hills like those we see beyond the town. We can read in our Bibles all about how Abraham bought a certain part of this very land that we see now, and how he paid for it in silver (Genesis 23:3-20). Look in the part of Hebron which is farthest toward your right hand, and you will see a tall stone tower. The field that Abraham bought of Ephron is around where that tower now stands. Part of it has been built upon since Abraham’s time. The trees between us and the town are olive trees.