Both Uses of
Palestine
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- I call it A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or the Parable of The Plums.†
Chpt 7 *
- Did he see only a second coincidence in the second scene narrated to him, described by the narrator as A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or The Parable of the Plums?†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(Palestine) a geographic region on the Eastern Coast of the Mediterranean in the Middle East, at various times comprising parts of modern Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, and Egypteditor's notes: Also known as the Holy Land because of its history for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.