The hill of Hebron from the southeast
- Title
- The hill of Hebron from the southeast
- LC Subject
- Mountains
- Photographer
- Underwood & Underwood
- Description
- There is one hill in southern Palestine which we must not forget to visit. It is the Hill Machpelah, bought by Abraham for a burial place. At the foot of this hill stands the city of Hebron, whose history can be traced uninterruptedly through four thousand years. Here Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob lived in their several generations. Here ten centuries after Abraham, David reigned as King of Judah for seven years before he received the crown of all the tribes. Here the conspiracy of wicked Absalom had its beginning, more prosperous and promising than its ending. Here, or not far distant, was the home of the good priest Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist. Can you see just in the farther edge of the city, near the right, two towers rising above the roofs? Here are the minarets of the Mosque of Hebron, upon which we look as our next view.
- Work Type
- lantern slides
- Location
- Palestine >> Middle East >> Earth
- Date
- 1900/1940
- Identifier
- P217:08:40
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Local Collection Name
- Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Primary Set
- OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
- Is Part Of
- Set 13 - Mountains of Holy Land
- Institution
- Oregon State University
