Transcriber’s Notes The cover image was provided by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Punctuation has been standardized. Most abbreviations have been expanded in tool-tips for screen-readers and may be seen by hovering the mouse over the abbreviation. This book was written in a period when many words had not become standardized in their spelling. Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent hyphenation in the text. These have been left unchanged unless indicated with a Transcriber’s Note. Footnotes are identified in the text with a superscript number and have been accumulated in a table at the end of the text. Transcriber’s Notes are used when making corrections to the text or to provide additional information for the modern reader. These notes have been accumulated in a table at the end of the book and are identified in the text by a dotted underline and may be seen in a tool-tip by hovering the mouse over the underline. JERUSALEM. FROM Dan to Beersheba A DESCRIPTION OF THE WONDERFUL LAND WITH MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS AND A PROLOGUE BY THE AUTHOR CONTAINING THE LATEST EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES BY JOHN P. NEWMAN, D.D., LL.D. Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Member of the London Society of Biblical ArchÆology REVISED EDITION NEW YORK: HUNT & EATON CINCINNATI: CRANSTON & CURTS Copyright, 1892, by JOHN P. NEWMAN, New York. TO MY WIFE, THE JOY OF MY LIFE. This edition of Bishop Newman’s book on Palestine—From Dan to Beersheba—is demanded by its introduction into the course of study prescribed for the undergraduates in our Annual Conferences, who, during their ministry, will have frequent occasion to refer to the history, topography, and customs of the Holy Land, of which this book so fully and clearly treats. The Publishers. |