. On Nazareth hill. s, which succeededothers of the fourth century, which in turn representedthe tabernacles that Peter proposed to build at the timeof the Transfiguration. Each sect, of course, claims tohave the only and original site! However, the identifi-cation of Tabor with the Mount of Transfiguration is erroneous — though the monks have not yet heard howthe scholars have put them out of business! The view from Tabor is superb, particularly towardthe north-east and south-east; great Hermon limitingthe view on the one hand, and the high level fine ofGilead the other. You can trace practic
. On Nazareth hill. s, which succeededothers of the fourth century, which in turn representedthe tabernacles that Peter proposed to build at the timeof the Transfiguration. Each sect, of course, claims tohave the only and original site! However, the identifi-cation of Tabor with the Mount of Transfiguration is erroneous — though the monks have not yet heard howthe scholars have put them out of business! The view from Tabor is superb, particularly towardthe north-east and south-east; great Hermon limitingthe view on the one hand, and the high level fine ofGilead the other. You can trace practically the wholecourse of the Jordan from its rise among the roots ofHermon southward to the sea of Galilee; then sinkingrapidly through the Ghor till the mist of distance hidesalike the cleft and its containing mountains. The richagricultural possibilities of this country strike one withpeculiar force as the eye traverses from this elevationthe swelling bosoms and the black-loamed undulatingvalleys of Galilee. [88]. Stereograph copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood, N. AND MOUNT TABOR THE SEA OF GALILEE J- HIS is one of the best views of the Sea of is taken from the Nazareth road as it winds downover the mountain. You are looking south-east Thewalled city of Tiberias is in the foreground. On the leftare the steep slopes of the country of the Gergasenes,where the swine were drowned. On the right, justbeyond the promontory, is the site of Tarichese, famedin Jesus day for its pickled fish. Zebedee and his sonsdoubtless sold fish there for export to Rome. The exitof the Jordan is just beyond also. The table-land inthe exact center of the picture is crowned with the ruinsof Gadara, one of the cities of the Decapolis — a per-fectly superb site, and superbly occupied by a city thatdid credit to the energy of Rome and the culture ofGreece. Immediately below its site, to the left, the sulphur-springs of Gadara burst from the ground and formgreat pools as blue as a ro
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