Remarkable Characters and Places of the Holy Land: Comprising an Account of Patriarchs, Judges, Prophets, Apostles, Women, Warriors, Poets, and Kings. With Descriptions of Ancient Cities and Venerated Shrines.

xxiii, 640 pp. Gilt title and page ridges. Includes hand-colored map of the Holy Land (page 339) and steel engravings. CONTENTS: The Patriarchal Life, By Theodore D. Woolsey; Abraham the Wanderer, B.C. 1921; Isaac and Ishmael; Jacob, Esau, and Joseph; Did the Patriarchs Live to the Age of One Hundred and Eight?; Egypt in Darkness; Moses the Leader--B.C. 1625, Poole: 1491, A.V.; Joshua the Conqueror, B.C. 1451; The Judges of Israel, B.C. 1426-1095; Saul the King, B.C. 1095-1056; Jonathan the Friend; David the Beloved, B.C. 1056-1015; Solomon the Asiatic, B.C. 1015; Miriam; Deborah; Naomi; Job and His Integrity, By the Rev. Charles A. Stoddard; The Prophets of Old; Samuel the Seer, about B.C. 1095; Literature; Elijah the Miracle-Worker, about B.C. 908; Elisha the Chosen, about B.C. 896; Feasts; Isaiah the Rapt Poet, B.C. 760-710; Jeremiah the Sorrowful, B.C. 629-588; Ezekiel of the Visions, B.C. 595-574; Mourning; Daniel; Cyrus the Great; Hosea; The Year of Jubilee; Joel; Amos, about B.C. 787; Obadiah; Micah; Nahum; Habakkuk; Zephaniah, about B.C. 630; Haggai, Zechariah, Jonah, and Malachi; The Geography of the Holy Land; Eden the Paradise; The Passage of the Red Sea; The Deluge of Noah; Historical Description of Mount Sinai; Visit to Mount Sinai; Historical Description of Jerusalem; The Jerusalem of Today; The Tabernacle and Temple; Dr. Robinson's Account of the Temple; Ibrahim Pasha and the Miraculous Fire; Alone on the SHores of Genesareth; The For Evangelists; The Apostle Peter; The Apostle James; The Other Apostles; The Women Who Knew Jesus; The Last Supper of the Lord, by Rev. Joseph Cummings; John the Baptist, by Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Clark; The Sifting of Peter by Satan, by Henry Ward Beecher; The Great Apostle, by Rev. William Adams; The Wisdom of Jesus; Memorable Places; Antioch the Fallen; Tyre and Sidon, the Merchant Cities, by Rev. S.F. Smith; The City of Damascus; Herod the Great; Marianne the White Rose: Herod's Queen; Saladin the Magnanimous.