Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Member of the London Society of Biblical Archæology REVISED EDITION NEW YORK: HUNT & EATON CINCINNATI: CRANSTON & CURTS Copyright, 1892, by JOHN P. NEWMAN, NEW YORK. TO MY WIFE, THE JOY OF MY LIFE. This edition of Bishop Newman’s book on Palestine――_From Dan to Beersheba_――is demanded by its introduction into the course of study prescribed for the undergraduates in our Annual Conferences, who, during their ministry, will have frequent occasion to refer to the history, topography, and customs of the Holy Land, of which this book so fully and clearly treats. THE PUBLISHERS. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. The two Boundaries.――The parallel Mountains. ―― The great Valley. ―― Inspired Eulogies. ―― Sterile Soil. ―― Gibbon Comparison. ―― Natural and miraculous Causes of present Sterility. ―― Testimonies of pagan Authors on the ancient Productions of Palestine. ―― Land coveted by the great Nations of Antiquity. ―― A Land of Ruins. ―― Present Fertility and Fruits. ―― Richness of the North. ―― Volney on the Variety of the Climate of Palestine. ―― Beauties of Spring in the Promised Land. ―― Flowers. ―― Magnificent Scenery. ―― Standard of Landscape Beauty. ―― Palestine is a World in Miniature. ―― Illustrations. ―― Prophetical Descriptions of the twelve Tribeships. ―― Wonderful Correspondence. CHAPTER II.