Bethlehem and Jericho
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making the Dead Sea valley one of the most fertile garden
spots in the ancient world. Antony made a present of it to
Cleopatra. Christ came to Jericho frequently, and after His
baptism in the River Jordan He was "led by the spirit" into
the desert mountains surrounding the valley, and there
tempted. By the light of an incomparably wild sunset, I saw
the Greek monastery perched on the site of the traditional
grotto of Christ's forty days of fasting.
In Jericho, I spen BF