The Land of Israel
A Journal of Travels in Palestine, Undertaken with Special Reference to its Physical Character

Ornithologist and clergyman H. B. Tristram's account, published in 1865, of Palestine illuminates the contemporary relationship between religion and the natural sciences.

Henry Baker Tristram (Author)

9781108042055, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 January 2012

706 pages, 60 b/w illus. 4 colour illus. 2 maps
21.6 x 14 x 3.9 cm, 0.88 kg

Ornithologist and clergyman H. B. Tristram (1822–1906), who became both a Fellow of the Royal Society and Canon residentiary of Durham, began his literary career with an account of his ventures into the desert of Algeria, where he had travelled seeking a salubrious winter climate. This subsequent book, published in 1865, narrates his journey through Palestine in 1863–4. An engaging account, written for a popular audience, it combines detailed observations of antiquities, geography, and the native wildlife with scriptural quotations; its stated aim is to demonstrate that the Bible accurately describes the region. Tristram was one of the earliest public supporters of Darwin's theories, noting their relevance to his own studies in his 1859 paper 'On the Ornithology of North Africa'. This book, and his later work of 1873 The Land of Moab (also reissued in this series), illuminate the complex contemporary relationship between religion and the natural sciences.

Preface
1. Arrival off Beyrout
2. Departure from Beyrout
3. Sarepta
4. El Bussah
5. Plain of Acre
6. Tombs in Carmel
7. Nablous
8. Plain of Shechem
9. Negotiations with the Sheikhs of the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea
10. Ancient Jericho
11. Ride up the Ghor
12. Ascent to Marsaba
13. Dead Sea
14. Ride from Engedi to Masada
15. Departure from Zuweirah for the Safieh
16. Departure from the Dead Sea
17. Hebron
18. Departure from Nazareth
19. Plain of Gennesaret
20. Description of Tibneh
21. Carmel in Spring
22. Negotiations with the Adwân
23. Ruined villages between Heshbon and Amman
24. Halt at Agyle's Camp
25. From the Huleh to the Litany (Leontes)
26. Damascus
Index.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]