Temple of the Sphinx--Built Before Joseph Came to Egypt

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

25 x 20 cm ( 9.875 x 7.875 in).

Rights:

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

Notes:

There is a subterranean temple constructed of stone and, in the background, there are two pyramids, the head of a Sphinx and several camels.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Exodus, xl:2.)--Moses commanded the children of Israel on the first day of the month to set up the tabernacle of the congregation and to put therein the ark of the testimony and cover the ark with the veil. We give a view here of the temple of the Sphinx, the place of worship among the Egyptians which had been often seen by the Israelites. Yet it is remarkable that though they had been in Egypt 430 years and had for a part of that time been in the midst of absolute slavery, that upon leaving Egypt they were found to have so few of the heathen ideas of worship characteristic of the Egyptians. This can only be accounted for upon the hypothesis that the Jews from generation to generation handed down to their children their peculiar national ideas of religion. The worship of the temple of the Sphinx was a long way from the worship of the tabernacle." The copyright year and photographer's name are printed at the bottom of the photograph, along with "Franklin Co Eng-Chi." See 5124BAI/LVi42CAJS (Voyager # 357524).; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)