Beit Jann
The American biblical scholar Edward Robinson described Beit Jann as a "large well-built village" in 1852, with houses made of limestone. There were 260 male residents, all Druze, in the village. In 1875, the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village, which he called "Beit Djenn". He estimated it had two hundred people, all Druze. He further noted that "A few years ago it was much larger, as is indicated by the abandoned houses which are beginning to fall into ruins. I am told that