Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion, Derived from the Literal Fulfilment of Prophecy. With a Refutation of A.P. Stanley's Poetical Interpretations
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ... Petraea, not only on account of its rocky mountains, but also of the elevated plain already described, f which is so much covered with stones, especially flints, that it may with great propriety be called a stony desert, although susceptible of culture; in many places it is overgrown with wild herbs, and must once ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 Excerpt: ... Petraea, not only on account of its rocky mountains, but also of the elevated plain already described, f which is so much covered with stones, especially flints, that it may with great propriety be called a stony desert, although susceptible of culture; in many places it is overgrown with wild herbs, and must once have been thickly inhabited; for the traces of many towns and villages are met with on both sides of the Hadj road, between Maan and Akaba, as well as between Maan and the plains of the Hauran, in Seetzen's Travels, p. 46. 1 Shcra (Seir) the territory of the Edomites, p. 410, 435. which direction are also many springs. At present all this country is a desert, and Maan (Teman) is the only inhabited place in it. I will stretch out my hand against thee, O Mount Seir, and will make thee most desolate. I will stretch out my hand upon Edom, and will make it desolate from Teman." In the interior of Idumea, where the ruins of some of its ancient cities are still visible, and in the extensive valley which reaches from the Red to the Dead Sea--the appearance of which must now be totally and sadly changed from what it was--" the whole plain presented to the view an expanse of shifting sands, whose surface was broken by innumerable undulations and low hills.--The same appears to have been brought from the shores of the Red Sea by the southern winds; and the Arabs told me that the valleys continue to present the same appearance beyond the latitude of Wady Mousa. In some parts of the valley the sand is very deep, and there is not the slightest appearance of a road, or of any work of human art. A few trees grow among the sand-hills, but the depth of sand precludes all vegetation of herbage."J If grape-gatherers come to thee, would they not leave s...
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