Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

Bedouin Camp, Jezreel--Where Gideon triumphed and Saul and Jonathan were overthrown [Graphic]

Earthly Footsteps of The Man of Galilee Being Three Hundred and Eighty-Four Original Photographic Views and Descriptions of the Places Connected with the Earthly Life of Our Lord and His Apostles Traced with Note Book and Camera showing where Christ was born, brought up, baptized, tempted, transfigured and crucified, together with the scenes of his prayers, tears, miracles and sermons, and also places made sacred by the labors of his apostles, from Jerusalem to Rome by Bishop John H. Vincent, D.D., LL.D., Rev. James W. Lee, D.D., and R.E.M. Bain. London: A.M. Gardner & Co., Limited.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 17.9 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Joshua, xvii:16.)--This is the great plain of Esdraelon. It extends across Central Palestine from the Mediterranean to the Jordan. It separates the mountain ranges of Carmel and Samaria from those of Galilee. The main body of the plain is a triangle. On the east it extends from Jenin to the foot of the hills below Nazareth. It is about 15 miles long; and the north side, formed by the hills of Galilee, are about 12 miles long. From any point of observation in this valley one may see the mountains Gilboa and Little Hermon. It is perhaps the richest valley in the world, and has also been called the great battlefield of the world. It is here that Gideon triumphed, and Saul and Jonathan were overthrown. It is the home of the wild Bedouin, and not more than one-sixth of its soil is cultivated." See 5364BAI/LVii90CAJS (Voyager # 361965)

Cattle in a field with shepherds; also several low black tents

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Bedouin Camp

5172BAI/LVi90CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVi BAI 5172 LVi90CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Israel

Valley of Jezreel (Israel)