Identifier: antiquitiesofori00reddrich (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Redding, M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Guide to Mount Moriah, Author of
Subjects: Bible Middle East -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Temple Publishing Union
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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vnivershy W^^^^^^^^^ 377 reposes on the majestic and snow-crowned ITermon.On the east, the Jordan valley may be traced; andbeyond it the dim hights of ancient Bashan. Tow-ards the south spreads the broad and beautifulplain of Esdrffilon, with the bold outline of MountTabor, with parts of Little Ilermon and Gilboa visibleon its eastern border, and the hills of Samaria on thesouth, while Carmel rises on the west of the plain,and dips his feet in the blue waters of the Mediter-ranean. Nazareth derives its celebrity from its connectionwith the history of Christ. At Nazareth Joseph andMary lived ; here the angel aimoiniced to the Virginthe Messiahs birth; to Nazareth the Holy Familyreturned after their flight into Egypt; here Jesuslived from infancy to manhood; here He taught inthe synagogue, and was twice rejected by his towns-men, who attempted on the. last occasion to cast himdown from the brow of the hill on which the citywas built. The title on the cross designated himas Jesus of Naza

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