A narrative complement to Eyes Toward Zion, Volume II (Praeger,
1986), this important new volume presents a comparative analysis of
the influence of the Holy Land on Western Societies. Researched and
written by a distinguished team of international scholars, Eyes III
illuminates both parallelisms and unique elements in the idea of
the Holy Land in the United States, Canada, Iberoamerica, Great
Britain, France, and Germany. The pervasive Holy Land influence in
these countries and the unique elements inherent in each culture
are perceived through four constructs: diplomatic policy, Christian
devotion, Jewish attachments, and cultural ties. The editors and
contributors provide a detailed examination of the political and
economic interests of the Western societies in the Holy Land, the
role of Zion in Christian denominations, the Land of Israel in
Jewish tradition and communal life, and the effect of the Holy Land
on Western literature, art, and pilgrimage. Part I analyzes North
America's early involvement with Palestine, focusing particularly
on the writings of early Christian travellers from the U.S. and the
role these visitors played in forming America's concept of the Holy
Land. A separate chapter compares and contrasts the U.S. and
Canadian experience. Parts II and III examine the Iberoamerican and
European experience. The long, wide ranging, and significant
relationships between the Holy Land and France, Germany, and the
Latin American Republics are fully explored. Focusing primarily on
the nineteenth century, Part IV documents the sturdy Biblical-Holy
Land-British bond. The chapters in this volume are replete with
references to the writings of archaeologists, historians,
scientists, biblical scholars, novelists, consuls, missionaries,
tourists and, above all, settlers and builders of the Land - all
attesting to the intrinsic place of the Holy Land in the world
imagination.
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