. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. cno. rne ihasz siae or the J ordaa Valley Is damper and thuiWfj^S- the Balsam plantßtions wäre on tlie Eastem slopes thereftoe "Balm from Gilead"^ The daughter Juda Is worshiping Idols and needs Balsam to recuperate fron « her illness Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of rny people recovered? Jer 8/22 Also Egypt is sick but nothing will help it Go up into Gilead and take balm
. Arthur and Fritz Kahn Collection 1889-1932. Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968; Kahn, Arthur David 1850-1928; Natural history illustrators; Natural history. cno. rne ihasz siae or the J ordaa Valley Is damper and thuiWfj^S- the Balsam plantßtions wäre on tlie Eastem slopes thereftoe "Balm from Gilead"^ The daughter Juda Is worshiping Idols and needs Balsam to recuperate fron « her illness Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of rny people recovered? Jer 8/22 Also Egypt is sick but nothing will help it Go up into Gilead and take balm, 0 virgin, the daughter of Egyptf in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. Jer 46/II What did Magdalena use to anoint Christ? Nard-^Water or Balm? The Balsam which was cultivated in the hot Jordan Valley was brought up from Jericho to Jerusalem and was then trasnported down to the various ports of the coast. The flrst village which the Caravans reached on the. highland after their long travel through the desert ^^jb^ was a suburb of Jerusilem^ jbeyond the Eastern slope of the Mount of Olive, ^he village BethaiijÄ. To be close to the capital bat still far enough from the dangerous priests, Christ stayed here with his disciples waiting for the day of his entrance into Jerusalem. Here Christ was anointed which is described in four different ways in the Gospels. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very percious ointment, and poured^J>^t-^ bis head, as he sat at meat, But when -'-iitF"disciples saw iT7 the3Aiiia4- ladlgnatireft, saying« To what purpose is this Waste? For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. WTien Jesus understood it, he said unto them, 7hy trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the poor always with youj but me ye have not always. For in that she hath ^.oured this ointment on my
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