Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions
A Journal of Travels in the Years 1838 and 1852

The 1867 three-volume third edition of a pioneering work of biblical geography, illustrated with maps and plans.

Edward Robinson (Author), Eli Smith (Author)

9781108079884, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 April 2015

652 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 3.7 cm, 0.82 kg

American philologist Edward Robinson (1794–1863) is considered a founding figure in the field of biblical geography and archaeology. In 1838 he explored Palestine with Eli Smith (1801–57), a Yale graduate and Protestant missionary, and co-author of Missionary Researches in Armenia (also reissued in this series). Smith had settled in Beirut and was proficient in Arabic. The authors succeeded in identifying many biblical locations, and the original edition of their book, structured as a travel journal, was published in 1841. It was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society the following year. Robinson and Smith returned to Palestine in 1852 and published an enlarged edition in 1856. This reissue is of the 1857 third edition, which was slightly abridged but contained new maps and plans. Volume 1 includes lively accounts of Cairo, Suez, Mount Sinai and Jerusalem, accompanied by historical background and topographical details.

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Preface to the original work
Orthography and pronunciation of Arabic names and words
Measures, weights, and money
For the reader
1. Introduction: Greece and Egypt
2. From Cairo to Suez
3. From Suez to Mount Sinai
4. From Mount Sinai to Akabar
5. From Akabar to Jerusalem
6. Jerusalem, incidents and first impressions
7. Jerusalem, topography and antiquities
8. Jerusalem, history, statistics, etc.
9. Excursion from Jerusalem to Bethel, etc.
10. Excursion to Ain Jidy, the Dead Sea, the Jordan, etc.
Notes.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]