Ben-Hur, a Tale of the Christ (Classic Reprint)

Tale of the Christ Book First CHAPTER IT he Jebel es Zubleh is a mountain fifty miles and more in length, and so narrow that its tracery on the mup gives it a likeness to a caterpillar crawling from the south to the north. Standing on its red-and-white cliffs, and looking off under the path of the rising sun, one sees only theD esert of A rabia, where the east winds, so hateful to the vinegrowers of Jericho, have kept their playgrounds since the beginning. I ts feet are well covered by sands tossed from theE uphrates, there to lie; for the mountain is a wall to the pasture-lands of Moab and Ammon on the west lands which else had been of the desert a part. The Arab has impressed his language upon everything south and east of Judea; so, in his tongue, the old Jebel is the parent of numberless wadies which, intersecting the Roman road now a dim suggestion of what once it was, a dusty path forS yrian pilgrims to and fromM ecca run their furrows, deepening as they go, to pass the torrents of the rainy season into the Jordan, or their last receptacle, theD eadS(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don’t occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books’ Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org