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Front CoverThe Land and the Book (1894)

Thomson’s “The Land and the Book” is bound, in this edition, in an earthy green buckram with gold lettering on the front cover and spine, on a black printed background.

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Title PageThe Land and the Book (1894)

The Land an the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and Scenery of THE HOLY LAND By W. M. Thomson, D.D>, Thirty years missionary in Syria and Palestine. [i [...]

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The Tomb of JonasThe Land and the Book (1894)

The buildings shown here are in or near Ashdod in Israel: Neby Yûnas: the tomb of the prophet Jonah, who was, it is said, swallowed up by a large fish, and washed up at this place. There are several t [...]

Keywords: tombs, building, shores, beaches, waves, water, hills, boats, sailing boats, greyscale

Places shown: Ashod; Israel

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Tomb of Hiram.The Land and the Book (1894)

The book names the whole region Palestine, but the structure described here, Qabr Hiram, is in Lebanon today. It dates to several hundred years after King Hiram. The historian Josephus says King Hiram [...]

Keywords: tombs, ancient remains, biblical scenes, palestine, greyscale

Places shown: Tyre; Lebanon

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Cedars of LebanonThe Land and the Book (1894)

A group of camels and some humans are at the edge of a forest of mighty cedar trees; in the far distance are some snow-capped mountains.

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Places shown: Lebanon

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NazarethThe Land and the Book (1894)

Here we see a small Palestinian town with its white flat-roofed buildings, domes, and a mosque’s tower or minaret, nestled together amongst the hills. In the foreground a lady with a small child ridin [...]

Keywords: cityscapes, towns, villages, people, donkeys, xmas, christmas, religion, colour

Places shown: Nazareth; Palestine

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SamariaThe Land and the Book (1894)

The site of this celebrated capital is delightful, by universal consent. It is a very large isolated hill, rising by successive terraces at least six hundred feet above the valleys which surround it. [...]

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Places shown: Samaria; Syria

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BethlehemThe Land and the Book (1894)

In the foregrouns are two men, ora man and a boy herding goats. But behind them rise hills and the small ancient town of Bethlehem , with its square buildings and its temple. The houes in ancient Pale [...]

Keywords: villages, views, cityscapes, people, shepherds, animals, goats, spirit, stone houses, hills, xmas, christmas, religion, colour

Places shown: Bethlehem; Palestine

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