
Gaza: A City of Many Battles (from the Family of Noah to the Present Day)
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In this gripping account, Dowling examines the history and politics behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the impact it has on the people living in Gaza. Drawing on first-hand experiences and interviews, the book sheds light on a complex and long-standing issue. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or...
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- GAZA A CITY OF MANY BATTLES (FROM THE FAMILY OF NOAH TO THE PRESENT DAY)
- PREFACE
- FOOTNOTES:
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- FOOTNOTE:
- AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
- CHAPTER I (I) OLD TESTAMENT, (II) DEUTERO-CANONICAL BOOKS, (III) NEW TESTAMENT REFERENCES TO GAZA
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER II SUMMARY OF CHIEF EVENTS RELATING TO GAZA[10] FROM 1503 b.c. to a.d. 1913
- Section I (1503 b.c. to 30 b.c.)[11]
- Section II (a.d. 41-1913)
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER III FRANKINCENSE (ARABIAN) AND GAZA
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER IV NOTES ON GAZA COINS
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER V THE JEWS AT GAZA[20]
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER VI THE SAMARITANS
- CHAPTER VII SOME EARLY BISHOPS OF (I) GAZA, (II) MAYOUMAS (THE PORT OF GAZA)
- I.—Bishops of Gaza
- II.—Bishops of Mayoumas (or Constantia)[24]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER VIII THIRTEEN MARTYRS AT GAZA
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER IX ST. HILARION, THE FIRST HERMIT OF PALESTINE (c. a.d. 290-371).
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- CHAPTER X SOZOMEN, CHURCH HISTORIAN (a.d. 400—c. 450)
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER XI THE ORTHODOX GREEK CHURCH IN GAZA
- CHAPTER XII (1) THE EMPRESS EUDOXIA.—(2) THE GAZA CHURCH "EUDOXIANA"[30]
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- CHAPTER XIII THE CRUSADERS AT GAZA (a.d. 1100-1291)
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- CHAPTER XIV THE PASHAS OF GAZA
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- CHAPTER XV DAGON, THE NATIONAL GOD OF THE PHILISTINES
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- CHAPTER XVI THE GAZA JUPITER
- CHAPTER XVII AN OLD SARCOPHAGUS AT GAZA[41]
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XVIII THE GREAT MOSQUE
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER XIX GAZA—THE KEY OF SYRIA
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XX GARDENS—OLIVE-GROVES—BIRDS, ETC.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CHAPTER XXI HISTORY OF THE GAZA MISSION OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (1878-1912)
- FOOTNOTE:
- CHAPTER XXII EL ARÎSH AND C.M.S. MISSION
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- APPENDIX I Public Games at Gaza [50]
- The Circus of Gaza[53]
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- APPENDIX II DESTRUCTION OF THE EIGHT HEATHEN TEMPLES OF GAZA (a.d. 401)
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX III PASSAGES OF THE HOLY BIBLE, THE DEUTERO-CANONICAL BOOKS, AND THE NEW TESTAMENT
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