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NORTHERN GALILEE.
THE PLAIN OF GENNESARET, FROM KHAN MINYEH.
The town of Tiberias in the distance, and Mejdel (Magdala) on the right, at the southern extremity
of the plain.
HHOSE who enjoy landscapes as seen from the summits of mountains
will find a greater number of opportunities of that kind in Palestine
than in almost any other country. Some of these views attract us
because of their remarkable variety, others by their unspeakable grandeur
and beauty ; while, compared with the limits of the Holy Land, no other
country on the globe has so many hill-tops that command prospects of
such wide extent. As a single illustration, it may be mentioned that
even from Jerusalem, the capital of the nation, or from a point near it,
the Hebrews could, in two different directions, look into the territory of
their enemies—that of the Philistines on the west and that of the Moabites on the east.
Among these views, perhaps that from the hill at Nazareth is as inspiring as any, and
it is all the more interesting from the fact that every object in that wonderful panorama
was familiar to our Lord (see page 279). When the Jewish War broke out, in a.d. 66, a
large part of the Roman troops landed at Acre. The bay covered with their ships, and the
shores crowded with the camps of their invincible legions, must have formed a splendid and
stirring sight. But new interest is awakened in this event when we consider that very many
of those who were brought up with Christ at Nazareth could, from their mountain-home,
look down upon this scene, and watch the movements of those who had come to take away
the liberties of their nation. Under such circumstances feelings of dismay and terror may
THE PLAIN OF GENNESARET, FROM KHAN MINYEH.
The town of Tiberias in the distance, and Mejdel (Magdala) on the right, at the southern extremity
of the plain.
HHOSE who enjoy landscapes as seen from the summits of mountains
will find a greater number of opportunities of that kind in Palestine
than in almost any other country. Some of these views attract us
because of their remarkable variety, others by their unspeakable grandeur
and beauty ; while, compared with the limits of the Holy Land, no other
country on the globe has so many hill-tops that command prospects of
such wide extent. As a single illustration, it may be mentioned that
even from Jerusalem, the capital of the nation, or from a point near it,
the Hebrews could, in two different directions, look into the territory of
their enemies—that of the Philistines on the west and that of the Moabites on the east.
Among these views, perhaps that from the hill at Nazareth is as inspiring as any, and
it is all the more interesting from the fact that every object in that wonderful panorama
was familiar to our Lord (see page 279). When the Jewish War broke out, in a.d. 66, a
large part of the Roman troops landed at Acre. The bay covered with their ships, and the
shores crowded with the camps of their invincible legions, must have formed a splendid and
stirring sight. But new interest is awakened in this event when we consider that very many
of those who were brought up with Christ at Nazareth could, from their mountain-home,
look down upon this scene, and watch the movements of those who had come to take away
the liberties of their nation. Under such circumstances feelings of dismay and terror may