"A land not of sailors, not of traders, not of foresters, but a land of lonely highlanders who won their living from the soil, from grain fields, from vineyards, from orchards, and from sheepfolds. A land of paths, not of thoroughfares, with but one great city. A land, not far from the highroad between Europe and the East, yet secluded on its hilltops, where prophets and patriots dreamed in its safe caverns. A land which, because it had little possible outreach, reached upward."
--William Byron Forbush.
RADIAL KEY MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OLD TESTAMENT (With approximate distances and directions from Jerusalem). Used by permission of the American Baptist Publication Society. Copyrighted by Geo. May Powell, 1901.
VISITING PALESTINE WITH THE BIBLE STORY
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE LAND
The land of Palestine would be one of the most interesting even if sacred events had never occurred within its borders.