Identifier: antiquitiesofori00reddrich (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Redding, M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Guide to Mount Moriah, Author of
Subjects: Bible Middle East -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Temple Publishing Union
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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assacre was checked by one of their number—Abd-el-Kadir—a Mohammedan himself, but of largeand noble nature. This man saved many thousandsof lives by his prompt and resolute action, at theyl^ I time when Moslem fanaticism threatened the destruc-tion of every Christian in Damascus, and indeed inall Syria. Tliis may well be regarded as one ofthe most brilliant and chivalric acts of fraternal devotion that has been exhibited in modern times. SHECHEM, NOW NABULUS—^JACObs WELL THE TOMB OF JOSEPH. This ancient city is 29 miles north of Jerusalem,between mounts Gerizim and Ebal. It is first men-tioned in the history of Abraham, who here erectedhis first altar in Canaan, and took possession of thecountry in the name of Jehovah, When Jacobarrived here fi-om Mesopotamia, Shechem was aIlivite city, of which Ilamor, the father of Shechem,was the head man. At this time the patriarch pui--chased from that chieftain the parcel of the field,which he subsequently bequeathed to his son Joseph. m k
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i.^^- £5^■A The value of tliis field was greater on account of thewell which Jacob had dug here, so as not to be de-pendent on his neighbors for water. The defilementof Dinah—Jacobs daughter—the capture of She-chem, and the massacre of the male inhabitants bySimeon and Levi, are events of this period. Joshuaassembled the people here shortly before his death,and delivered to them his last counsel. After the con-quest of Canaan, Shechem became a Levitical city,a city of refuge in Ephraim and a gathering-placeof the tribes. After the ruin of Samaria by Shal-maneser, Shechem became the capital of the Samari-tans ; and at the present day it is the seat of a smallremnant of that people. The enmity between theSamaritans and Jews is still as great as in the time ofChrist. The present population is about 10,000, consistingof 150 Samaritans, and between 500 and 600 Chris-tians, 100 Jews, and the rest Arabs and Mohamme-dans. The main street runs e. and w., and containsa well-stocked bazar

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