Sinai and Palestine: In Connection with Their HistoryArthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881) was a Biblical historian and was also considered the leading liberal theologian of his day. After being appointed a Canon of Canterbury Cathedral in 1850 he was elected Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford before becoming Dean of Westminster in 1863. During 1852 and 1853 Stanley travelled extensively in Egypt and the Holy Land. In this book, published in 1856, Stanley describes in vivid detail the ancient monuments and sites he visited, relating these locations to descriptions in the Old Testament and discussing the 'sacred geography' this creates. His work was immensely popular, with this volume running into a fourth edition within a year of publication. It provides a classic example of the combination of Biblical scholarship with historical literature which formed the basis of historical scholarship on the ancient Near East in the late nineteenth century. |
Contents
ADVERTISEMENT | ix |
JOURNEY FROM CAIRO TO JERUSALEMEXTRACTS | xxx |
PART I PENINSULA OF SINAI | lix |
Departure from Egypt Overland Route First Encampment II | 61 |
PALESTINE | 104 |
L The south frontierSimeon II Mountain country of Judah | 155 |
THE HEIGHTS AND THE PASSES OP BENJAMIN | 197 |
SanctuaryView | 211 |
PLAIN OF ESDRAELON | 329 |
Jezreel Engannim | 343 |
PAGE | 355 |
Lake of Gennesareth 1 Plain of Hattin and Mountain of the Beatitudes | 363 |
THE LAKE OF MEROM AND THE SOURCES | 383 |
DAMASCUS | 397 |
Note A The Traditional Localities of Damascus | 407 |
THE HOLY PLACES | 431 |
Note on Ram ah and Mizpeh | 222 |
PAGE Mountains of EphbaimFertility and central situationSupremacy of Ephraim | 225 |
Sacrifice of Isaac | 249 |
Plain op SharonPasturelandNaphathDorForestCaesareaCon | 257 |
1 Separation from Palestine 2 Harbours 3 | 264 |
Note A House of Simon at Jaffa | 271 |
THE JORDAN AND THE DEAD | 277 |
Vale of Siddim 1 Battle of the Kings 2 Overthrow of Sodom | 285 |
Plain and Terraces of the Jordan Valley 1 Plain of AbelShittimEncamp | 294 |
PERiEA AND THE TRANSJORDANIC TRIBES | 316 |
Introduction | 471 |
Valleys and Tracts of Land | 477 |
Mountains Hills and Rocks | 490 |
Rivers and Streams | 497 |
Springs Wells and Pits | 505 |
Forests and Trees | 513 |
The Sea and its Shores | 529 |
547 | |
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