An introduction to the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures . Judaea,Peraea, and Iduniiea. 1. Galilee. — This portion of the Holy Land is very frequentlymentioned in the New Testament: its limits seem to have varied atdifferent times. It comprised the country formerly occupied by thetribes of Issachar, Naphtali, and Asher, and by part of the tribe ofDan; and is divided by Josephus into Upper and Lower Galilee. Upper Galilee abounded in mountains; and from its vicinity to thecities of Tyre and Sidon, it is called the Coasts of Tyre and Sidon.(Mark vii. 31.) The principal city in
An introduction to the critical study and knowledge of the Holy Scriptures . Judaea,Peraea, and Iduniiea. 1. Galilee. — This portion of the Holy Land is very frequentlymentioned in the New Testament: its limits seem to have varied atdifferent times. It comprised the country formerly occupied by thetribes of Issachar, Naphtali, and Asher, and by part of the tribe ofDan; and is divided by Josephus into Upper and Lower Galilee. Upper Galilee abounded in mountains; and from its vicinity to thecities of Tyre and Sidon, it is called the Coasts of Tyre and Sidon.(Mark vii. 31.) The principal city in this region was Caesarea Phi-lippi; tluough which the main road lay to Damascus, Tyre, andSidon. Lower Galilee was situated in a rich and fertile plain, between theMediterranean Sea and the lake of Gennesareth: according toJoseplnis, this district was very populous, containing upwards of twohundred cities and towns. The principal cities of Lower Galilee,mentioned in the New Testament, are Tiberias, Chorazin, Bethsaida, -^ -J «2; o s; ^ fi~>^i. 1 **%stpip ^v ? ^ r-. - / >!
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