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Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestine

By Rabbi Joseph Schwarz, 1850

Title Page
Preface
  Map of Palestine
   The Boundaries of Palestine
  The Boundaries of Palestine as Given in Numbers 34:3
  The Boundaries of Palestine in the Time of Ezra and Nehemiah
Division of Palestine Among the 12 Tribes
   Division of Judah
  Towns of Judah
  The Lowland, or the Valley
  The Towns in the Mountains
  The Towns in the Desert
  The Towns Mentioned in the Maccabees
  Towns in the Land of the Philistines
  Simeon
  Benjamin
  The Cities of Benjamin
  Dan
  The sons of Joseph
  Menasseh
  Names of the Towns of the sons of Joseph
  Ramah in the Mountain of Ephraim
  The Possession of Menasseh
  Issachar
  Zebulun
  Naphtali
  Asher
The Seas, Rivers, Mountains and Valleys of Palestine
  The Seas
  The Rivers
  The Mountains
  Lebanon
  Galilee
  The Valleys
Palestine Beyond Jordan
Jerusalem
  The Gates
  The Walls
  The Temple Mount
  The Springs and Pools
  The Fort Kallai
  The People
  Former and Present Conditions
The Family Pharchi
Hebron
Safed
Tiberias
History of Palestine
  Period I : From the Destruction of the Temple by Titus to the Mahomedan Conquest
  Period II: From the Mahomedan Conquest to the First Crusade
  Period III: From the Reign of the Europeans to Sultan Seliman
  Period IV: 1520 to 1850
Jews and Muslims Living Together in Palestine