Contents of the
Chorographical Century
[chorography: the art of describing or mapping a region or
district.
Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary]
- The division of the land.
- The Talmudic girdle of the land under the second Temple, taken out of the Jerusalem Sheviith, fol. 36. 3.
- A great part of south Judea cut off under the second Temple. Jewish Idumea.
- The seven seas according to the Talmudists, and the four rivers compassing the land.
- The sea of Sodom.
- The coast of the Asphaltites. The Essenes, Engedi.
- Cadesh. Rekam, and that double. Inquiry is made, Whether the doubling it in the maps is well done.
- The river of Egypt, Rhinocorura. The lake of Sirbon.
- A sight of Judea.
- A description of the sea-coast, out of Pliny and Strabo.
- The mountainous country of Judea.
- The south country. Judea called the South in respect of Galilee.
- Gaza.
- Ascalon. Gerar. The story of the eighty witches.
- Jabneh. Jamnia.
- Lydda.
- Sharon. Caphar Lodim. The village of those of Lydda.
- Caphar Tebi.
- The northern coast of Judea. Beth-horon.
- Beth-el. Beth-aven.
- Jerusalem.
- The parts of the city. Sion. The Upper City: which was on the north part.
- The buildings of more eminent note in Sion.
- Some buildings in Acra. Bezetha. Millo.
- Gihon, the same with the Fountain of Siloam.
- The girdle of the city: Nehemiah 3.
- Mount Moriah.
- The court of the Gentiles. The Mountain of the House, in the Rabbins.
- Chel. The court of the Women.
- The gate of Nicanor, or the east gate of the court of Israel.
- Concerning the gates and chambers lying on the south side of the court.
- The gates and doors on the north side.
- The court itself.
- The altar. The rings. The laver.
- Some other memorable places of the city.
- Synagogues in the city; and schools.
- Bethphage.
- Kedron.
- The valley of Hinnom.
- Mount Olivet. The mount of Olives, 2 Samuel 15:30; Zechariah 14:4. In the Rabbins commonly, The mount of Oil.
- Bethany. Beth-hene.
- Scopo.
- Ramah. Ramathaim Zophim. Gibeah.
- Nob. Bahurim.
- Emmaus. Kiriath-jearim.
- The country of Jericho, and the situation of the city.
- Jericho itself.
- Some miscellaneous matters belonging to the country about Jericho.
- Hebron.
- Of the cities of refuge.
- Beth-lehem.
- Betar.
- Ephraim.
- Tsok: and Beth Chadudo
- Divers matters.
- Samaria. Sychem.
- Caesarea. Strato's tower.
- Antipatris. Caphar Salama.
- Galilee.
- Scythopolis. Beth-shean, the beginning of Galilee.
- Caphar Hananiah. The middle of Galilee.
- The disposition of the tribes in Galilee.
- The west coast of Galilee-Carmel.
- Acon. Ptolemais.
- Ecdippa. Achzib: Joshua 19:29; Judges 1:31. Climax of the Tyrians.
- The northern coast of Galilee. Amanah. The mountain of snow.
- Pamias. Paneas, the spring of Jordan.
- What is to be said of the sea of Apamia.
- The lake Samochonitis.
- The lake of Gennesaret; or, the sea of Galilee and Tiberias.
- Within what tribe the lake of Gennesaret was.
- Tiberias.
- Of the situation of Tiberias.
- Chammath. Ammaus. The warm baths of Tiberias.
- Gadara.
- Magdala.
- Hippo. Susithat.
- Some other towns near Tiberias. Beth-Meon. Caphar Chittaia. Paltathah.
- The country of Gennesaret.
- Capernaum.
- Some history of Tiberias. The Jerusalem Talmud was written there: and when.
- Tsippor.
- Some places bordering upon Tsippor. Jeshanah. Ketsarah. Shihin.
- Usha.
- Arbel. Shezor. Tarnegola the upper.
- The difference of some customs of the Galileans from those of Judea.
- The dialect of the Galileans, differing from the Jewish.
- Gilgal in Deuteronomy 11:30: what that place was.
- Divers towns called by the name of Tyre.
- Cana.
- Perea. Beyond Jordan.
- Adam and Zaretan, Joshua 3.
- Julias-Bethsaida.
- Gamala. Chorazin.
- Some towns upon the very limits of the land. Out of the Jerusalem Talmud, Demai, fol. 22. 4.
- The consistories of more note: out of the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedr. fol. 32. 2.
- The cities of the Levites.
- Some miscellaneous matters respecting the face of the land.
- Subterraneous places. Mines. Caves.
- Of the places of burial.
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