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GALILEE-ACRE DISTRICT.

Acre Toun. Ahmad Pasha Jazzar Mosque.

There is a very great number of other Moslem shrines, monuments, and mosques of general and local interest, throughout" the country.

JUDAISM.

The history of the Hebrew religion or Judaism, is principally contained in the Old Testament, where i{ is recorded bow the Ten Commandments of the Law were received by Moses from Jehovah on Mount Horeb in Sinai; how, during th~ wanderings in Sinai, the Ark of the Covenant was constructed and the furnishings appointed by order of Moses, as inspired by Jehovah, and how, after the successful invasion of Palestine by the Children of Israel and their settlement in the land, the Temple was built in Jerusalem by Solomon, to the glory of Jehovah.

2. The Old Testament also records the vicissitudes and trials undergone by the Hebrews during the period extending for some 1,000 years, from the time of their entry into Palestine, now placed at about 1350 B.C., to the final record of Malachi, dated about 390 B.C.

3. Towards the close of The period of the Old Testament, the Children of Israel were largely dispersed throughout the Persian Empire. There existed in Jerusalem, where the Temple worship had been revived, a remnant chiefly of the tribe of Judah together with a few priests of the Levites.

4. With one short period in which the Jews again enjoyed some degree of independence - that of the Maccabean Revolt, which occurred about 165 B.C. during the Greek occupation of Palestine-the history of Palestinian Jews during ~he 400 years following Malachi was chiefly connected with the fortunes of the Western World.

5. In 63 B.C., the Romans, under Pompey, gained control of Palestine. Jewish influence and institutions were finally destroyed in 70-71 A.D., with the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple and the dispersal of the Jew.sh inhabitants by Titus.

6. Thereafter, many of the teachers of the Law took refuge in Northern Palestine, particularly Tiberias, where schools were established, where the Talmud was taught, and the worship of the

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