The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, February 12, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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PALESTINE DISCOVERY
Much of Archaeological Value Tound
at Gczer Showing lis Vicissitudes
AtDr s Putnam Cadys lecture at
the Scottish Rite Cathedral Seventeen
and Locust streets the subject Re-
cent Changes and Discoveries in Pal-
estine opened a question of great
interest to students of the Bible and
the archaeologists as well The new
roads through the country the recent-
ly finished railroads and those pro-
jected the change at Beersheba where
a town of considerable size now exists
and where a gasoline engine now is
drawing water from one of the undent
welis of Abrahams day were spoken
of and Illustrated at length
The point of interest just now h
far jis evacuations are concerned is
the city of ancient Gezer This his-
toric spot was discovered quite by
accident through the researches of
Professor Ganneau but its identity
Is unquestioned Boundary stones bear-
ing the name of the city have been
found and rich returns in historic
material have been brought to light
by the Palestine Exploration Fund
through the arduous labors of Mr
Macalister
The results at Gezer indicated the
story of the various vicissitudes
through which the place has passed
It was occupied long before Isreal
entered the land Its men took part
In the attempt to repulse Joshua In
the days of Solomon it was in pos
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the Egyptian Princess whom Soloman
married as a portion of her dowry
It figured in the wars of the Macca
bees and oven now portions of Mason-
ry of that period may be seen
Perhaps the fact of greatest inter-
est in connection with Gezer gather
around in the discoveries there made
with reference to the ancient Canaau
itlsh worship which disclose the fact
that this worship was of just the char-
acter attributed to it in the Old Tes-
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Goldberg, E. The Jewish Herald (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1, Friday, February 12, 1909, newspaper, February 12, 1909; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth84756/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .