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NABLUS.
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to their records, the Samaritans once possessed territory
in every district of Palestine with the exception of
Judaea, and they had colonies in Cairo, Damascus, and
Baalbec. But wherever they wandered it was towards
Gerizim that they turned in prayer, and Nablus
continued to be their head-quarters and the residence
of their chief priest. Their only synagogue now is a
small unadorned building, the approach to which is a
crooked uncovered steep stone stairway leading to an
open court, where a lemon-tree grows near to an
arched doorway, through which no one is allowed to
enter until he has " put off his shoes." The nave is
MOSLEM SANCTUARY ABOVE THE REPUTED TOMB OF ST. JOHN, SAMARIA.
Within the ruined walls of a church dedicated to St. John, now used as a mosque.
253
to their records, the Samaritans once possessed territory
in every district of Palestine with the exception of
Judaea, and they had colonies in Cairo, Damascus, and
Baalbec. But wherever they wandered it was towards
Gerizim that they turned in prayer, and Nablus
continued to be their head-quarters and the residence
of their chief priest. Their only synagogue now is a
small unadorned building, the approach to which is a
crooked uncovered steep stone stairway leading to an
open court, where a lemon-tree grows near to an
arched doorway, through which no one is allowed to
enter until he has " put off his shoes." The nave is
MOSLEM SANCTUARY ABOVE THE REPUTED TOMB OF ST. JOHN, SAMARIA.
Within the ruined walls of a church dedicated to St. John, now used as a mosque.