Holy Land Digital Image Collections

Bain, Robert E. M

Mejdel Esh-Shems--Near where Moses and Elias appeared on the Mount [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 17.6 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Photograph is in a book with a description beneath ; printed description: "(Numbers, xxvii:12-23.)--'And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel,' etc. Mejdel esh-Shems is on the road from Banias to Damascus. It is a Druse village, and is at the foot of Mount Hermon, near the place where, according to tradition, Christ was transfigured when Moses and Elias appeared with Him. It is true that Moses was not permitted to cross the Jordan, but it is a striking evidence of the truth that our career does not end with death that Moses, though buried on the other side of Jordan, appears upon this side during this crisis in our Lord's life, when before His disciples He seemed to hold back the veil that separates time from eternity, and disclosed the glories of the spiritual world."

A horse is in a field in the foreground; a village is on a hillside at the left; a mountain with some snow on the top is in the background

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Druse

5476BAI/LVii202CAJS

CAJS Image Collection LVii BAI 5476 LVii202CAJS

The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Syria

Mejdel esh-Shems

Mount Hermon