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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
profoundest of theologians, who still inspires and directs the
thoughts of Christendom. It is reported three times in
the Acts of the Apostles, and several times alluded to in
the Epistles of St. Paul. It occurred near Damascus a few
years after the crucifixion of Christ, and a few weeks after
the martyrdom of St. Stephen, about a.d. 37. An old
tradition locates the conversion of the Jewish rabbi at a
distance of about five miles from the city, at a point where
the direct road from Jerusalem crosses the one from Banias
and Kefr Hauwar, near an oasis and a fountain, in view of
the minarets of the city, the majestic Hermon, and the bare
ridge of the Anti-Lebanon.
BAB TUMA, THE GATE OF THOMAS.
An inscription states that it Was erected in a.h. 634 (a.d. 1237). It leads out of the city towards the north-east road, the caravan route to
Aleppo and Palmyra.
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
profoundest of theologians, who still inspires and directs the
thoughts of Christendom. It is reported three times in
the Acts of the Apostles, and several times alluded to in
the Epistles of St. Paul. It occurred near Damascus a few
years after the crucifixion of Christ, and a few weeks after
the martyrdom of St. Stephen, about a.d. 37. An old
tradition locates the conversion of the Jewish rabbi at a
distance of about five miles from the city, at a point where
the direct road from Jerusalem crosses the one from Banias
and Kefr Hauwar, near an oasis and a fountain, in view of
the minarets of the city, the majestic Hermon, and the bare
ridge of the Anti-Lebanon.
BAB TUMA, THE GATE OF THOMAS.
An inscription states that it Was erected in a.h. 634 (a.d. 1237). It leads out of the city towards the north-east road, the caravan route to
Aleppo and Palmyra.