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Descended from Swiss and Jewish ancestors, he was born in Jaffa in what was then Ottoman Syria. He moved to Jerusalem at an early age.
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Stories of the Creation, saints, and sinners tell of Adam, Abraham, Noah, Moses, and other revered figures; anecdotes describe tribes, people, languages, and sites such as the Jaffa Gate at Jerusalem. Still others illustrate social ideas, superstitions, plant and animal lore, and magical cures. Filled with wit, wisdom, and humor.
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Descended from Swiss and Jewish ancestors, he was born in Jaffa in what was then Ottoman Syria. He moved to Jerusalem at an early age.
He was employed by Charles Warren"s expedition to the Transjordan, as a translator and assistant photographer, the beginning of his interest in research on the antiquities and folklore of the region and leading to his involvement with the Palestine Exploration Fund. His papers and correspondence were published in the Quarterly Statement of that British society after 1881, which also issued his booklet Table of the Christian and Mohammedan Eras in 1904. He was supplied with high quality photographic equipment to supplement his productions.
(1910): Walks about Jerusalem.
( Stories of the Creation, saints, and sinners tell of Ad...)
(This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)
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(Book Description: "This entertaining collection of folk...)
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