CHAPTERPAGE
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]

ILLUSTRATIONS

Fig.page
1.Situation of Sanctuaries[9]
2.Figures of Baboons[11]
3.Sneferu ravaging the Land[13]
4.Khufu smiting the Anu before Thoth[14]
5.Amen-em-hat III, Thoth and Hathor[15]
6.Sanctuary Surroundings at Serabit[19]
7.Figure with Semitic Script[23]
8.Plan of Caves at Serabit[27]
9.Upper Half of Stele of Amen-em-hat III[37]
10.Temple Ruins at Serabit[53]
11.Plan of Temple[55]
12.Amen-hotep III offering to Sopd[59]
13.Queen Thyi[61]
14.Men in Burning Bush[69]
15.Ayun Musa[71]
16.View of the Convent[123]
17.Chapel on Gebel Musa[141]
18.El Arish[145]
19.Zigiret el Faraun[149]
20.Sketch of Convent Surroundings about 1335[159]
21.Ritter von Harff and St. Katherine[169]
22.Sulyman abu Sīlm, a Bedawy[187]
23.Map of the Peninsula[193]

A HISTORY OF SINAI