THE INNOCENTS ABROAD
Part 6, Chapters 50 to 61
by Mark Twain
INNOCENTS ABROAD
by Mark Twain
[From an 1869—1st Edition]
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER L.
Toward Nazareth—Bitten By a Camel—Grotto of the Annunciation,Nazareth—Noted Grottoes in General—Joseph's Workshop—A SacredBowlder—The Fountain of the Virgin—Questionable FemaleBeauty—Literary Curiosities
CHAPTER LI.
Boyhood of the Saviour—Unseemly Antics of Sober Pilgrims—Home of theWitch of Endor—Nain—Profanation—A Popular Oriental Picture—BiblicalMetaphors Becoming steadily More Intelligible—The ShuuemMiracle—The "Free Son of The Desert"—Ancient Jezrael—Jehu'sAchievements—Samaria and its Famous Siege
CHAPTER LII.
Curious Remnant of the Past—Shechem—The Oldest "First Family" onEarth—The Oldest Manuscript Extant—The Genuine Tomb of Joseph—Jacob'sWell—Shiloh—Camping with the Arabs—Jacob's Ladder—MoreDesolation—Ramah, Beroth, the Tomb of Samuel, The Fountain ofBeira—Impatience—Approaching Jerusalem—The Holy City in Sight—Noting Its ProminentFeatures—Domiciled Within the Sacred Walls
CHAPTER LIII.
"The Joy of the Whole Earth"—Description of Jerusalem—Church of theHoly Sepulchre—The Stone of Unction—The Grave of Jesus—Graves ofNicodemus and Joseph of Armattea—Places of the Apparition—The Findingof the There Crosses——The Legend—Monkish Impostures—The Pillar ofFlagellation—The Place of a Relic—Godfrey's Sword—"The Bonds ofChrist"—"The Center of the Earth"—Place whence the Dust was taken ofwhich Adam was Made—Grave of Adam—The Martyred Soldier—The CopperPlate that was on the Cross—