The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

SUPPLEMENTAL ENCYCLOPAEDIAaccording to the Jewish doctors, were enveloped the mostprofound truths of religion, which, to be comprehended byfinite beings, are obliged to be revealed through the mediumof symbols and allegories. *Kadesh-BarneaSee WILDERNESS OF PARAN.Kingdom of Judah See CANAAN (Par. 5).Land of Canaan See CANAAN (Par. i).Land of ChaldeansLand of GoshenSee CHALDEA.The land of Goshen appears to havebeen that tract of country in Egypt which was inhabited bythe Israelites from the time of Jacob to that of Moses. Itwas probably the tract lying east of the Pelusian arm of theNile, toward Arabia. Ramses was the capital of Goshen.a city built by the Hebrews during their servitude in Egypt.From itthey commenced their united exodus from Egypt.It isthought to have been on the line of the ancient canalfrom the Nile to the Red Sea, and some thirty-five milesnorthwest of Suez. In this district, or adjacent to it, wasthe city of On, or Heliopolis. The inhabitants of Egyptmay be considered as including three divisions : the Copts,or descendants of the ancient Egyptians; the Fellahs, orhusbandmen, who are supposed to represent the people inScripture called Phul the; Arabs, or conquerors of the country,including the Turks, etc. Its early history is involvedin great obscurity. Their religion consisted in the worshipof heavenly bodies and the powers of nature. The priestswere the most honored, and powerful of the castes intowhich the people were divided.Land of Hebrews See CANAAN (Par. 3).Land of Israel -See CANAAN (Par. 4).Land of Judah See CANAAN (Par. 5).Land of Promise See CANAAN (Par. 2).Land of Shinar See CHALDEA.185