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... Bezetha and Moriah ; " but this position will be found untenable , if it has not been proved so already . The fact is , what he calls Bezetha is the Acra of Josephus , and this " broad valley running down from the Damascus Gate to the ...
... Bezetha and Moriah ; " but this position will be found untenable , if it has not been proved so already . The fact is , what he calls Bezetha is the Acra of Josephus , and this " broad valley running down from the Damascus Gate to the ...
Page 45
... Bezetha the suburb , but always " the new city , " and that it had no existence when the Temple was built ; it is obvious to remark , that as Be- zetha lay upon the North side of the Temple , it could by no possibility be approached ...
... Bezetha the suburb , but always " the new city , " and that it had no existence when the Temple was built ; it is obvious to remark , that as Be- zetha lay upon the North side of the Temple , it could by no possibility be approached ...
Page 46
... Bezetha and the temple , ) was " separated from the hill Bezetha on the north by a deep artificial trench , lest it should be approachable from that hill . " Yet here he makes it to be approached by two gates from the western side of ...
... Bezetha and the temple , ) was " separated from the hill Bezetha on the north by a deep artificial trench , lest it should be approachable from that hill . " Yet here he makes it to be approached by two gates from the western side of ...
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... Bezetha or the New City , the town about the hill Acra - in short all the space included in its wall - was reckoned to the hill . Now , that the high ground of Acra lay North of the Temple , appears from the language of Josephus , in ...
... Bezetha or the New City , the town about the hill Acra - in short all the space included in its wall - was reckoned to the hill . Now , that the high ground of Acra lay North of the Temple , appears from the language of Josephus , in ...
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... Bezetha ; because , so far from being separated by a trench from the Temple - Mount , ( on which the tower Antonia was situated , ) it is actually joined to it ; and this junction , while it is decisive against its being Bezetha , is a ...
... Bezetha ; because , so far from being separated by a trench from the Temple - Mount , ( on which the tower Antonia was situated , ) it is actually joined to it ; and this junction , while it is decisive against its being Bezetha , is a ...
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Acra altar ancient angle Antonia appears apse aqueduct arches architecture Arculfus Author Basilica Bethphage Bezetha Bishop building Calvary cave century chamber Chapel chre Christian Church cloister columns Constantine Copts Cross Crown 8vo Crusaders cubits Damascus Gate described Dome door Dr Robinson East eastern Ecclesia Edition El-Aksa entrance erected Eusebius feet Fergusson Golgotha Greek ground Hadrian Haram Helena History Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Kings loculus Lord marble Mejr-ed-din mentioned monument Mosk Moslems Mount Sion North notice Ophel passage Patriarch pilgrims Pool Pool of Siloam Post 8vo present probably quĉ Quaresmius remarkable rock Rotunda ruins sacred Sakhrah says second wall shew shewn side Siloam South stone Street supposed Temple Theol tion tomb tower tradition triforium Tyropœon valley vaults West western William of Tyre Woodcuts writers δὲ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ
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