Joseph's Tomb -- What a Difference a Century Makes - Israel Daily Picture,

Joseph's Tomb -- What a Difference a Century Makes

Posted: 23 Feb 2014 



The Tomb of Joseph in the valley between Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal outside of Shechem (Nablus) Picture taken from Mt. Ebal (circa 1900).  (Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography at UCR ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)

According to the Book of Joshua (24:32), “The bones of Joseph which the Children of Israel brought up from Egypt were buried in Shechem [Nablus] in the portion of the field that had been purchased by Jacob.” 

Joseph's Tomb today is in the middle of Nablus, controlled by the Palestinian Authority. Jews' access to the shrine is  severely limited, and the tomb has been attacked and vandalized on several occasions. (Google Earth)

The very first posting in Israel Daily Picture in June 2011 featured century-old pictures of Joseph's Tomb that we found in the Library of Congress archives. Virtually every 19th and early 20th century collection we've viewed contains pictures of the tomb.  The online Keystone-Mast collection at the University of California - Riverside archives adds many more photos of Joseph's Tomb for the public's view.

Joseph's Tomb and Mt. Gerizim behind it.  (Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography at UCR ARTSblock,  University of California, Riverside, circa 1900)

Joseph's Tomb (circa 1900) Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography  at UCR ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)

Joseph's Tomb, alone in the valley. Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography  at UCR ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)

Turkish guard inside the tomb. The Library of Congress archives dates this picture as 1900. Keystone-Mast Collection, California Museum of Photography  at UCR ARTSblock, University of California, Riverside)

Hand-colored photographic slide of Joseph's Tomb,  dated between 1880-1900. (Chatham University) Source: Israel Daily Picture

Another Photographic Treasure Trove Discovered: 120-Year-Old Colored Slides from Chatham University, Part 1

Israel's History - a Picture a Day (Beta)

---

Another Photographic Treasure Trove Discovered: 120-Year-Old Colored Slides from Chatham University, Part 1 Posted: 19 Nov 2013 02:21 PM PST The Western Wall in Jerusalem (hand-colored, Chatham University Archives, circa 1890) The photo's caption reads "Jesus' Waiting Place." A case of bad handwriting? Other photographers of the time captioned their pictures, "Jews' Wailing Place." In the need for library and archival preservation, modern technology is certainly a friend of antiquity.  Vintage photographs, some stored for over a century in old libraries, are now being digitized and often posted Online.  Such is the case with this treasure of "Holy Land Lantern Slides" we found in Chatham University's archives. Chatham University, a 150-year-old women's undergraduate school in Pittsburgh, digitized their slides in 2009.  According to Rachel M. Grove Rohrbaugh, the school's archivist and public service librarian, "most of the slides roughly date to circa 1880-1900.  We don’t have specific information on the photographer(s) or how they were used here at Chatham, but they were likely used for instruction in world history or cultural studies." View of Hinom Valley in Jerusalem (Chatham University Archives, circa 1880). The photo, probably taken from near the Jaffa Gate, shows the Montefiore windmill, built in 1858, and the Mishkenot Sha'anaim homes beneath it. Are the blades of the windmill blurry because they were moving? That could provide a date for the photo: The mill stopped turning in 1876. Kerosene lanterns designed to  project slides  (YouTube) We thank Chatham University Library for permission to publish these well-preserved hand-painted lantern slides.   In the 1880s, before movies or electricity, pictures such as these were projected in front of classes or audiences using a kerosene-lit lamp fitted with special lenses. The slides were produced by optical manufacturers who sold the lanterns. The makers of the Chatham slides were identified by Chatham's archivist as T.H McAllister Co. and Williams, Brown, and Earle, of New York and Philadelphia respectively.  Joseph's Tomb in Nablus (Shechem) (Chatham University Archives, circa 1880) Inside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. The moat on the right of the picture indicates the picture was taken prior to the 1898 arrival of the German emperor. when the moat was filled in. What does the large sign at the end of the road read? (Chatham University Archives) An enlargement of the picture shows a sign, "Mission to the Jews," inside the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem. German, Anglican, and Scottish Protestant church missionaries were very active in the Holy Land in the late 19th century.  At the time, this intersection of the Old City was probably one of the busiest ones in Jerusalem. Click on the pictures to enlarge. Click on the captions to view the originals. Next: Part 2 of the Chatham Collection

Fifth Minor Trembler Shakes Northern Israel

CBNNews.com Tuesday, October 22, 2013

JERUSALEM, Israel -- A minor 3.3-magnitude earthquake rumbled near the Sea of Galilee Tuesday morning, the fifth in less than a week. Though tremors were felt, there were no injuries or damage. Israeli seismologists say they're fairly common.

Tuesday's trembler followed four minor quakes in northern Israel over the past five days, two on Sunday, another early Saturday and another last Thursday evening.

The string of quakes prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convene a meeting Monday morning on earthquake preparedness. The Home Front Command and emergency response personnel met separately to discuss preparedness for a major quake.

Last month, a 3.5-magnitude quake could be felt in Jerusalem and the northern Dead Sea. A week ago Sunday, a 6.4-magnitude quake off the coast of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea caused tremors in Athens and could also be felt in parts of Israel and Egypt.

The last major quake in Israel occurred in 1927, killing 500, injuring 700 and inflicting heavy damage in Nablus (biblical Shechem) -- as well as destroying the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount.

Nearly a century earlier, the "Safed earthquake" struck on January 1, 1837, killing some 5,000 people and destroying most of Safed and several Arab villages in the vicinity.