Roads and trayel
I, Roaps. i, Position and conformation of Palestine. ii. Hebrew terms for ‘road.’ Metaphorical usages. iii, Various kinds of roads. iv. The roads of the OT. 1. Roads connecting Palestine with other coun- tries: (a) Arabia, (b) Egypt, (c) Syria, Assyria and Babylonia. 2. Roads in Palestine: in (a) Judza, (b) Samaria, (c) Galilee, (d) the Jordan Valley (including the fords), (e) on the east of the Jordan. I. TRAVEL. i. Motives for travelling: (a) attendance at religious festivals, etc.
, (6) commerce, (c) political relations, (d) ill-health, (e) war. Travelling hampered for Jews by the Sabbath law. fi. Modes of travel: on foot, riding (asses, mules, camels, horses), chariots, ox-waygons, caravans. iii. Provision for the wants of travellers. Inns a late institution, Khans. Oriental hospitality. Literature. I, RoADS.—i. POSITION AND CONFORMATION OF
