
Distant Views of the Holy Land
Equinox Publishing Ltd
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 15. May 2015
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-1-78179-061-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
367 illustrations including colour throughout and 8 maps
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1225 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78179-061-8 (9781781790618)
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Persons
Felicity Cobbing is the Executive and Curator of the Palestine Exploration Fund. David Jacobson is the Editor of the Palestine Exploration Quarterly.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Galilee 3. Samaria 4. Judea and Philistia 5. Jerusalem and Bethlehem 6. Biography of Photographers