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CHAP. PAGE III. Jerusalem 203 1. The City as it is................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................204 2. The Sieges of the City and Fortunes of its Walls................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................220 3. Excavations in Jerusalem................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................227 4. Jerusalem as it Was : The Hills and Valleys................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................249 5. Jerusalem as it Was : The Walls and Gates of the City................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................259 6. Incidents of the History better realized now................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................277 7. Sieges of the City understood through improved Knowledge of the Topography................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................293 IV. Gospel History in the Light of Palestine Exploration— 1. Christ in the Provinces................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................300 2. Christ in the Capital................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................325 V. Mesopotamia and the Bible— 1. Assyria................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................340 2. Babylonia................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................357 3. How the Writings were Read................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................370 The Vandalism of Orientals 375
