Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

Mount Hermon--Where Jesus took James, Peter and John, and was transfigured before them [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: W.A. Hammond, Holborn Hall, E.C.

St. Louis, 1894.

1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 18 cm ( 10 x 7.125 in).

Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Matt., xvii:1.)-Banias Castle is about two miles from Cæsarea Philippi. We are looking toward the north in the photograph, and the mountain we see is Hermon, where Jesus took James, Peter and John, and was transfigured before them. The castle seen has stood there from the days of the Phœnicians. Its situation is remarkable. From its broken walls one may look away across the plains of Lake Huleh to the hills of Galilee. The castle is nearly 1,000 feet long by about 300 feet wide, and the walls in some places are 100 feet high. This is in many respects the most remarkable castle in the world, and has been called the Gibraltar of Palestine. It is now totally abandoned."

Ruins of a stone castle on the top of a hill

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Cæsarea Philippi

Banias Castle

Gibraltar Of Palestine

5475BAI/LVii201CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5475 LVii201CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Israel

Mount Hermon