AN

INTRODUCTION

TO THE

CRITICAL STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE

OF THE

HOLY SCRIPTURES.

BY

THE REV. THOMAS HARTWELL HORNE, B.D.

OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

M.A. OF KING'S COLLEGE, ABERDEEN; D.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ;

RECTOR OF THE UNITED PARISHES OF SAINT EDMUND THE KING AND MARTYR
AND SAINT NICHOLAS ACONS, LOMBARD STREET;

THE REV. THOMAS HARTWELL HORNE, B.D.
(THE AUTHOR)

THE REV. JOHN AYRE, M. A.

OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

SAMUEL PRIDEAUX TREGELLES, LL.D.

AUTHOR OF "REMARKS ON THE PRINTED TEXT OF THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT,'

"

ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS AND FACSIMILES OF BIBLICAL MANUSCRIPTS.

IN FOUR VOLUMES-VOL. III.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS.

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A SKETCH OF THE HISTORICAL AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF

THE HOLY LAND.

CHAP. I. Historical Geography of the Holy Land.

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SECT. I. Names, Boundaries, and Divisions of the Holy Land.

I. Names

II. Boundaries

III. Inhabitants before the Conquest of Canaan by the Israelites

IV. Division by Joshua. Allotments of the Twelve Tribes

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IV. State of the City before the War of the Jews with the Romans

VII. Notice of successive Captures of the City of Jerusalem

VIII. Its present State and Population

CHAP. II. - Physical Geography of the Holy Land.

SECT. I. Climate, Seasons, and Physical Appearance of the Country.

1-5. Valleys of Blessing, of Siddin, of Shaveh, of Salt, and of Mamre 62

6-10. Valleys of Eshcol, of Ajalon, of the Rephaim, of Bochim, and of

Elah

11, 12. Valleys of Hinnom and of Sharon

13. Valley of Jehoshaphat

VIII. Caverns

63

64, 65

65, 66

67

The Great Desert of Arabia, and the Horrors of travelling in it

72-74

SECT. II.

On the Fertility and Productions of the Holy Land.

of the Holy Land

73-82

82, 83

83, 84

III. Testimonies of Ancient and Modern Authors to the Fertility and Populousness

84-87