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rarium Hierosolymitanum , composed in the fourth century , containing mileposts , routes , and transcripts of the Roman mile-stones ( edited by WesseJing , Amsterd . 1735 , 4 to . ) . II . Among oriental authors , the Arahians , Ehn Haukal , Edrisi , Jakut , and his epitomator Abd el Cbak , * Abulfeda in his historical as well as his properly geographical works ; f also the extracts from Syrian and Arabian writers in Assemani . t
f III . In geography the Rabbins are of no use whatever ; the old translators are not much better , committing the most ridiculous anachronisms , and often introducing quite new nations and territories . Thus they take Ashkenaz ( Gen . x . 3 ) for Germany , n £ p ¥ ( Obad . 20 ) for France , T"iDD ( ibid . ) for Spain ; and , when they write in Hebrew , they translate these names so ; for example , >* 7 " ) £ ) D 1 DD a Spanish codex , > tftWX - \ DD a German codex . In the late Targums vre read even of the Turks , Lombards , &c . IV . Among modern authors , 1 , such as discuss the whole of Bibl . Geography , J . J . Schmidt ' s Bibl . Geographus , Zullichau , 1740 ; Ysbrand von Hamelsveld , Bibl . Geographie , aus dem Holl . mk Anmerkungen von Janisch . Hamb . Parts I . —III . 1793 ; J . J . Bellermann ' s Bibl . Geographie , Parts I .
—III . 2 d ed . 1804 , 8 vo . Also under the title Handbuch der Bibl . Literatur , Parts II . —IV . : among general geographical works , Biisching ' s neue Erdcbeschreibun ^ , Part V . Sect . 1 ., and Ritter ' s Erdkunde , Part II . Sect . 2 . 2 , Such as have treated only the geography of Palestine , Hadriani Relandi Palaestina ex veteribus monumentis illustrata , Ultraj . ed 2 , 1714 , 4 to ., 2 vols . Aho Norimbergse , 1716 , and in Ugolini Thes . T . VI ., the principal work on this subject , in which use has been made of inscriptions and coins , although the third part of Ekhel's Doctrina Numrnorum is richer in this respect . See also J . C . Harenberg , Supplemm . in H . Relandum in the Miscellanea Lipsiensia nova , Vol . IV . —VI . ; Jo . Lightfooti Tractatus Geographici , in his Opp . Ultraj . 1699 , 2 vols . fol ., derived principally from the Talmud ; Jo . Matth . Hasii Regni Davidici et Salomonsei descriptio geogr . et historica ,
Norimb . 1739 , fol . ; N . A . Bachiene , historische und geographische Beschreibung von Palastina , aus dem Hollandischen , von G . A . M ( aas ) . 2 Parts , 7 vols . Cieve , 1766—75 ; Rohr ' s Palastina , 1819 , especially for the time of Christ ; Kloden , Landeskunde von Palastina , Berlin , 1817 . Among general works Cellarii Notitia Orbis Antiqui , T . II ., and Mannert , Part . VI . Sect . 1 . 3 . Such as have treated only of the external geography , for whom see above , note * p . 434 . Among the very numerous maps for the illustration of biblical geography
few have much scientific value , and a multitude of striking mistakes have been propagated by them through centuries , as in the topography of
Jerusa-Graecfc primurn ab Eusebio Caesariensi , L&tinfe deinde scriptus ab Hieronymo , in commodiorem vero ordinem redactus , variis additanieutis auctus , notisque ct tabula geogr . Judaeae illustratus a Bonfrerio . ( Paris , 1631 , 1659 , fol . ) Recensuit et auiiuadvcr 88 . auxit Jo . Clericus , Amstelod , 1707 , fol . Compare RhenfercTa Pericula critica IV . in loca depravata Eusebii Caesariensis et Hieronymi de situ et nominibm locorum Hebraeoruru , in his Opp . phiioi . pp . 776 and 809 , &c . P . Wesselingii Probabilia , cap . xvi . 25 , 34 .
• See Alberti Schultensii Index Geog . in Vitatn S ^ ladini , Arab , et Lat . Lugd . Bat . 1732 . f- Comp . the Index Geogr . in the edition of Rei . skc and Adler . % Bibl . Orkntalis , and the Indices Geogr . to it , T . 11 . III .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1830, page 440, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2586/page/8/
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