. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. emyis so inaccurate in his details, that to extractany system of geography from them is Bibl. Theol. Trachonitis. At allevents, his authority cannot weigh for a momentagainst that of Josejihus, in respect of a countryto which Ptolemy was a stranger, and with whichJosephus must have been perfectly familiar. Since these observations were written, theauthor has met with I. G. Wetzsteins Eeise-bericht iiber Hauran vmd die Trachonen, fromwhich it appears that the so-called Bathanyeh isa mere village named Btene, with a strip of landsis hours long
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. emyis so inaccurate in his details, that to extractany system of geography from them is Bibl. Theol. Trachonitis. At allevents, his authority cannot weigh for a momentagainst that of Josejihus, in respect of a countryto which Ptolemy was a stranger, and with whichJosephus must have been perfectly familiar. Since these observations were written, theauthor has met with I. G. Wetzsteins Eeise-bericht iiber Hauran vmd die Trachonen, fromwhich it appears that the so-called Bathanyeh isa mere village named Btene, with a strip of landsis hours long by two broad, and without anyinteresting remains, and not, in that writersopinion, having anything to do with the ancientBatanfea. See p. 85 of the work referred to. -» Jos. Ant. xiv. 2, 3; Bell. i. 6, 2. » Jos. Ant. xiv. 13, 3; Dion, slix. 32; FastiSacri, p. 51, No. 439. Appian, B. C. v. 9; Dion, xlviii. 24 SeeFasti Sacri, p. 49, No. - Jos. Ant. XV. 4, 1, and xv. 3, 8. See FastiSacri, p. P3, No. 537. S3 Jos. Ant. XV. 4, BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF PETKA. From Bartlctt. The spectator is looking to the west, up tlie ravine by ^vliich Petra was approached. See the Key-Plan.
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