Distant views of the Holy Land /

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Main Author: Cobbing, Felicity (Author)

Other Authors: Jacobson, David M.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Sheffield : Equinox Publishing Lts, 2015.

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Call Number: DS111.1 .C63 2015

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245 1 0 |a Distant views of the Holy Land /  |c Felicity Cobbing. 
264 1 |a Sheffield :  |b Equinox Publishing Lts,  |c 2015. 
300 |a vi, 321 pages ;  |c 29 cm. 
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500 |a "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"--Provided by publishrer. 
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