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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#47 - ANCIENT JUDEA
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
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Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| ANCIENT JUDEA. |
| ANCIENT
Judea recalls to the mind more
that is sombre and serious than
light and playful. Yet her
children with the approval and
unbending smiles of the stern
patriarchs and matrons, passed
many hours in joyful and innocent
sport. Pride and gracefulness
were the characteristics of this
nation, so superior to the
barbarous tribes of nomads who
surrounded its frontier on every
side. The Judeans were a noble
people, as evinced by their
architecture and their devotion
to art, by the fruitful valleys
which they made to blossom so
richly, by their warlike spirit
when affronted, and by the vast
strides toward a noble
civilization, promoted by their
mercantile pursuits and their
love of commerce. |
| Like
all Oriental peoples, they loved
dancing and music and both were
practiced in connection with
their religious rites in the
temple. Their young men and their
maidens were also taught to sing.
And it was no unusual sight to
see the latter, while
accompanying the melodious songs
and psalms which involuntarily
welled from their lips, with the
tinkling notes of the cymbals,
heighten the beautiful effect by
the rhythmic swaying of their
bodies and the nimble motions of
their feet. |
| All
our simpler children's games
which are played without toys
were doubtless familiar to the
children of the ancient Hebrews.
And the tops which boys to this
day spin with so much delight,
were so it is said originated by
this people. |
| The
climate of Palestine is a
tropical one, and as a
consequence life out of doors is
general. But the streets are
often narrow and baked. The
Judeans transformed their roofs
into gardens, well-arbored and
very pleasant. Divans, couches,
rugs, flowers, awnings and even
fountains transformed these roofs
into fairyland, and here the long
summer hours were whiled away in
delicious dolce far niente. |
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