Monastery at the Brook Cherith--Where Christ Fasted Forty Days and Forty Nights

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25.4 x 18.1 cm ( 10 x 7 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

A complex of buildings is perched on the side of a cliff and above a ravine.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Mark, i:13.)--One of the most sublime ravines in Palestine. The founders of the monastery on the mountain's side believed it to be the site, or near the site, of Elijah's hiding place during the miraculous drouth that occurred in Ahab's reign, and where he was fed by ravens, while the famine raged in Palestine. In this region Christ wandered when he was driven by the spirit into the wilderness after the opening heavens, the descending dove and the Father's voice. Here He was with the wild beasts; here He fasted forty days and forty nights; here He resisted the temptations of the adversary by the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. It is a most desolate place." See 5218BAI/LVi136CAJS (Voyager # 359450).; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)