ABSTRACT
The road from Jerusalem to Beersheba runs southwest over a distance of fifty-six miles passing close on the left the historic cities of Bethlehem and Hebron. A short distance beyond Mar Elias on the right is Tantur, a monastery in which a comfortable and secluded weekend can be spent. A wide new road now sweeps round Bethlehem on the north, commencing from the main road and ending at the square in front of the Church. Hebron lies in an agricultural country amid vineyards and orchards. Tel Beit Mirsim, some six miles north-west of Dhaherieh, has also been identified with Kiryath Sepher, and the American School of Oriental Research has been excavating there. Twenty more miles across the plain and the Biblical Beersheba, the well of the oath, is reached.
