Castle at Cæsarea Philippi--Near Hazor, King Jabin's Capital

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 17.5 cm ( 10 x 6.875 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ruins of a massive stone construction on the top of a hill.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Joshua, xi: 1-20). Only a little distance from this castle, Thomson learned of a very old ruin, which is thought to be the relic of the ancient capital of Jabin, king of Hazor, which was chief city before the time of Joshua, of all the northern basin of the Jordan. In the eleventh chapter of Joshua we have an account of the battle of Israel with this king. We learn also from this chapter that 1,451 B.C., this Jabin, king of Hazor, had chariots and horses in his army. The great Subeibeh castle is a mile in circumference. It is about three miles from Cæsarea Philippi and fifteen hundred feet above it. From the top of its towers there is an extensive and charming propsect. The castle is guarded on all sides by inaccessible gorges and only on the northeast is the hill upon which it stands connected with the main body of the earth."; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)