VI. 
274 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, not liable to controversy ; since tradition is, in 
this respect, maintained upon the authority of 
sacred Scripture ; and the veneration paid to it, 
by Jeivs, by Christians, and by Moslems, has 
preserved, in all ages, the remembrance of its 
situation \ Having shewn, upon a former occa- 
sion, that ^o7«Z;^ were the origin of temples-, it is 
not necessary to dwell upon the utter improba- 
bility of their being forgotten among men who 
approached them as places of worship. The Tomb 
of Joshua was also visited by Jewish pilgrims 
in the twelfth century. This is proved by the 
Hebrew Itinerary of Petachias^, who was con- 
temporary with Benjamin of Tudela ; and its 
situation, marked by him with the utmost 
precision ^ is still as familiar to the Jews of 
(1) "In Sichem verb relata fueruiit ossa Joseph ex jEgypto." 
Eugesippus, P.'nx. Tufifn.. L. Allat. Col. 1653. 
(2) See Vol. II. of these Travels, c. ii. p. 75. octavo edit. 
(.3) PetachicE Itinerarium. Vid. Thes. Antiq. Sacr. tom. VI- 
renet. 1746. 
(4) " Non licet Ii. Petachiam secuh) xii. statuere antiquiorem, sed 
illud potius cousequitur, R. Benjambietn et R. Petachiam fuisse 
coapvos." Introd. in Petach. Ilin. ab J. Christnpk. ff^agenseilio- Ibid. 
1161, 1162. 
(5) ** Mods Gaasch vald^ excelsus est, atque in eo conditus Obadias 
Propheta. In hunc montem praealtum, per gradus fit ascensus, qui, 
ibi incisi s-jct, atque in medio montis sepultus est Josua filius Nun, 
et, juxta eum, Caleb Jephunne filiu«. Prope horum monlmenta tons 
SCATURIT, E \>lIO AQUA OPTIMA PER MONTEM MANAT, IPSISQUE SEPDL- 
CHRIS, BASiLlCiE EGKEGix ADJICIUNTUR." Petaclda: Itiner. Ibid. 
1205, 1206. 
