Kuryet-el-Anab--The Place to Which the Ark Was Brought From Beth-Shemesh

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:

The town is perched on the side of a hill and there are forests in the valley below.; The photograph is printed in a book with a typed description. The description: "(I. Samuel, vii:2.)--'And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.' The name 'Kirjath-jearim' signifies 'the city of forests.' In the book of Joshua the place is twice mentioned as a border city. It lay upon the ancient frontier of Judah and Benjamin. This place is on the road to Ramleh, about nine miles from Jerusalem, and not far from Gibeon. Here the people brought the ark from Beth-shemesh. The position of this place, according to Ritter, the highest authority on Palestine, corresponding as closely as it does with the Old Testament accounts, makes the identity of Kuryet-el-Anab and the ancient Kirjath-jearim in the highest degree probable, and at the same time we are enabled to learn where ran the former boundary between the territories of Judah and Benjamin." The copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph. See 5154BAI/LVi72CAJS (Voyager # 358023).; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)