Show threadVenice church of ChristMay 21

Paul provided an anecdotal story regarding his escape from danger over fifteen years earlier. 

The #Nabatean ethnarch wanted to arrest Paul; he escaped by being let down through a window in the city #wall. 

It was a humorous, but also humiliating, story, the inverse of the kinds of stories told in that time. 

People normally celebrated being the first to breach a wall; Paul spoke of how he escaped in a rope basket down a wall.

Show threadEthan LonghenryMay 21

Paul provided an anecdotal story regarding his escape from danger over fifteen years earlier. 

The #Nabatean ethnarch wanted to arrest Paul; he escaped by being let down through a window in the city #wall. 

It was a humorous, but also humiliating, story, the inverse of the kinds of stories told in that time. 

People normally celebrated being the first to breach a wall; Paul spoke of how he escaped in a rope basket down a wall.

Matson CollectionJan 7

Petra. Ed-Deir from the southwest [between 1898 and 1914]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 10 x 12 in.

#Petra #Ed-Deir #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Nabatean #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019698210/

Matson CollectionJan 7

Petra. Tomb with stories [between 1898 and 1914]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : glass, dry plate ; 10 x 12 in.

#Petra #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Nabatean #Jordan #WadiMusa #Corinthian #Hellenistic #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019698275/

Matson CollectionJan 5

Petra, el-Khazne [between 1898 and 1946] 1 transparency : glass ; 5 x 7 in.

#ElKhazneh #Treasury #Petra #Jordan #Nabatean #Corinthian #Nabatea #Roman #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019702491/

Matson CollectionJan 3

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). Unfinished tomb. Note socket holes for scaffold timbers [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #el-Biyarah #Nabatean #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707078/

Matson CollectionJan 3

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). Twin arch-topped sepulchral facades at foot of Umm el Biyarah [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #el-Biyarah #Nabatean #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707077/

Matson CollectionJan 3

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). Cliffs showing descent [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #el-Biyarah #Nabatean #Cliffs #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #TheAmericanColony #4x5inches #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707076/

Matson CollectionJan 3

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). View from el-Biyarah showing Petra valley, Khubta ridge, and desert plateau [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #el-Biyarah #Nabatean #Petravalley #Khubtaridge #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #Amsterdam #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707075/

Matson CollectionJan 2

Petra. Umm el-Biyarah. (Earliest Nabatean stronghold). The Couloir ascent. The ancient road cut deep in rock [approximately 1920 to 1933]
American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 in.

#Petra #el-Biyarah #Nabatean #Couloir #Jerusalem #PhotoDepartment #fiveinches #Jordan #Petra(Extinctcity) #photography

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019707071/