The raining in theology given to today's clergy is very insipid and far from lending any idea about that of former times. Dr. Walter Philipp Schultz 's photographs of Jerusalem at the end of the nineteenth century were among the first to be published. They show scenes smilar to the engravings of the earlier centuries, with the difference that the city appears more dilapidated and deserted. Since time immemorial Jaffa had been the only port and market place for Jerusalem and the rest of Palestine. This ancient Phoenician port on the Mediterrian remained unaffected by the sanctity which pervaded Jerusalem, preoccupied as it was with trade.
Rich merchants sell carpets and clothing here.
In another market where the poor buy their needs, law and order is imposed by two janissaries holding long stick. In their voluminous clothes, the women are like ghosts. One of them is carrying an ewer on her head with oriental grace. Their dress is reminiscent of a clown's imitation of female elegance.