Things seen in Palestine . en find the villages hiddenaway out of sight in some valley, or in thefolds of the hills. 103 Things Seen in Palestine Many places, which are now but villages,may have ranked as towns in ancient times ;while others seem to have increased in im-portance, such as Bethlehem, Arimathea(Ramleh), and Nazareth. While such names as Endor, Dothan,Nain, Cana, Bethel, remain unchanged,those of other villages have altered withthe language or associations of new inhabi-tants. Thus Kirjath-jearim is now knownby the Arab name of Abu Ghosh; Emmausas Qoubeibeh—though a few doubt thei
Things seen in Palestine . en find the villages hiddenaway out of sight in some valley, or in thefolds of the hills. 103 Things Seen in Palestine Many places, which are now but villages,may have ranked as towns in ancient times ;while others seem to have increased in im-portance, such as Bethlehem, Arimathea(Ramleh), and Nazareth. While such names as Endor, Dothan,Nain, Cana, Bethel, remain unchanged,those of other villages have altered withthe language or associations of new inhabi-tants. Thus Kirjath-jearim is now knownby the Arab name of Abu Ghosh; Emmausas Qoubeibeh—though a few doubt theidentification ; Shechem is now Nablous;Hebron is El-Khaleel, that is (the town of)The Friend (of God). Bethany is Lazarieh;Samaria is Sebaste. In some cases theChristian population keep up among them-selves the name with which they havereligious associations, as in the case ofQoubeibeh ; in others, as Bethany orHebron, it is the Arab name which bestpreserves the sacred tradition. There are, again, certain modern names104.
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