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Distant Views of the Holy Land (Hardcover)
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Distant Views of the Holy Land (Hardcover)
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The Holy Land has been an enduring magnet for visitors seeking to
retrace the footsteps of biblical prophets, kings and saints and to
glimpse the setting of events recorded in the Scriptures. This book
offers a selection of over 350 early photographs, paintings, and
drawings of the length and breadth of the Holy Land from the rich
repository of images in the archives of the Palestine Exploration
Fund. As these images were produced before modern development
impacted on these landscapes they are an invaluable resource. The
pictures are accompanied by 7 maps and plans showing the locations
depicted and a commentary describing the biblical context, informed
by up-to-date scholarship. The book is divided into five chapters;
an introduction which includes a brief account of pilgrimage to the
Holy Land through the ages, followed by a series of geographical
'tours' through Galilee, Samaria, and Judea and Philistia, before
culminating with a focus on the two main sites of interest for the
traveller: Bethlehem and Jerusalem. While often very beautiful in
their own right, the pictures also reflect the interest and
sensibilities of the photographers and those who collected them,
and capture the opposing undercurrents of scientific enquiry and
piety characteristic of 19th Century European society. In the case
of the photographers engaged by the PEF, a striving for objectivity
is strikingly evident in their work.
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