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Haifa, or Life in Modern Palestine

by Laurence Oliphant

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3A Visit to Ephesus
  4. 4The Ruins of Athlit
  5. 5A Jewish Colony in Its Infancy
  6. 6The Temple Society
  7. 7The Temple Colonies in Palestine
  8. 8Exploring Mount Carmel
  9. 9The Valley of the Martyrs
  10. 10The Rock-hewn Cemetery of Sheik Abreik
  11. 11Easter Among the Melchites
  12. 12The Jewish Question in Palestine
  13. 13“Holy Places” in Galilee
  14. 14Progress in Palestine
  15. 15The First Palestine Railway
  16. 16Safed
  17. 17Meiron
  18. 18The Feast of St. Elias
  19. 19A Summer Camp on Carmel
  20. 20The Druses of Mount Carmel
  21. 21Exploration on Carmel
  22. 22A Place Famous in History
  23. 23The Babs and Their Prophet
  24. 24An Ancient Jewish Community
  25. 25Domestic Life Among the Syrians
  26. 26Fishing on Lake Tiberias
  27. 27A Visit to the Sulphur Springs of Amatha
  28. 28Exploration of the Valley of the Yarmuk
  29. 29Exploration on the Yarmuk
  30. 30A Druse Religious Festival
  31. 31The Great Festival of the Druses
  32. 32Hattin and Irbid
  33. 33The Jewish Feast of the Burning at Tiberias
  34. 34House-building on Carmel
  35. 35Domestic Life Among the Druses
  36. 36Circassian Highwaymen — A Druse Festival at Elijah’s Altar
  37. 37Armageddon — The Bosnian Colony at Cæsarea
  38. 38Cæsarea
  39. 39Village Feuds
  40. 40The Aristocracy of Mount Carmel
  41. 41The Jordan Valley Canal
  42. 42Local Politics and Progress
  43. 43The Identification of Ancient Sites
  44. 44The Sea of Galilee in the Time of Christ
  45. 45The Scene of the Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Small Fishes
  46. 46Capernaum and Chorazin
  47. 47Discovery of an Ancient Synagogue
  48. 48Characteristics of the Ruins of Synagogues
  49. 49A Night Adventure Near the Lake of Tiberias
  50. 50Khisfin
  51. 51Further Exploration and Discovery
  52. 52The Discovery of Umm El-Kanatar
  53. 53The Rock Tombs of Palestine
  54. 54General Gordon’s Last Visit to Haifa
  55. 55The Convent of Carmel Versus the Town of Haifa
  56. 56Progress Even in Palestine
  57. 57The Recent Discovery of Gezer
  58. 58Traditional Sites at Jerusalem
  59. 59Traditional Sites at Jerusalem — Continued
  60. 60Progress in Jerusalem
  61. 61The Three Jerichos
  62. 62Jericho — A New Winter Resort
  63. 63A Short Cut Over an Unknown Country
  64. 64Explorations in Palestine
  65. 65Sacred Samaritan Records
  66. 66The Ten Lost Tribes
  67. 67Researches in Samaria
  68. 68A Druse Father’s Vengeance

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