Author: George Adam SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land
Author: George Adam SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Mapping the Holy Land
Author: Bruno SchelhaasPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857727850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Through a detailed study of the work of three of the leading figures of the era - Augustus Petermann, Physical Geographer Royal to Queen Victoria; cartographer Charles Meredith van de Velde, who produced the finest map of the region at the time; and Edward Robinson, founder of modern Palestinology - the authors explore the complex cultural, cartographic and technical processes that shaped and determined the resulting maps of the region. Making full use of newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated in both colour and black and white, Mapping the Holy Land is essential reading for cartographers, historical geographers, historians of mapmaking, and for all those with an interest in the Holy Land and the history of Palestine.
Ancient Place Names in the Holy Land
Author: Yoel ElitsurPublisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
That many ancient toponyms in the Holy Land have survived for thousands of years, right up to modern times, is a remarkable and unique phenomenon, unparalleled in neighboring countries, such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, or Asia Minor. Preserved toponymy provides a basis for research in the historical geography of the country and is also of major importance for studies in the history of Hebrew and Aramaic, being a kind of ancient "recording" of an archaic linguistic inventory. In addition, it has many implications for a wide variety of other scholarly fields, such as Bible studies, Rabbinics, Qumran and Samaritan studies, early Christianity, Arabic and Islam. This reserve of preserved place-names is therefore frequently consulted and used by scholars for their purposes. Surprisingly, however, despite the importance of this subject, there have been very few attempts to "put things in order," and for many years there have been no rules that would help to understand the changes that occur in toponyms. Accordingly, the prevailing situation in the field of historical geography is one of near-anarchy; lacking hard and fast rules, scholars could find support for their identification of an ancient toponym in any somewhat similar Arabic name. In order to break this vicious circle of conjectures founded on dubious linguistic assumptions, producing "preservation laws" themselves provide an alleged basis for historical identification, and so on, Elitzur has tried, first and foremost, to lay down objective criteria for the selection of positive identifications. On this basis, he has built up a corpus of 177 toponyms representing positive or almost-positive identifications, upon which this study is based. Sixty of these toponyms are then reviewed in depth, tracing their documentation in all languages, throughout recorded history; in the process, the author has tried to locate and analyze whatever changes occurred and when. The linguistic conclusions from the material follow, arranged according to the standard layout of grammar books. Innovative conclusions and ideas in the context of historical geography emerged in the course of the study are listed alphabetically in the last part of the volume.
Scriptural Geography
Author: Edwin James AikenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780755629992
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Childs Geography
Author: Ann VoskampPublisher: Knowledge Quest
ISBN: 9781932786330
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
An exploration of the geography of the Middle East using biblical references to find various locations.
The Historical Geography of the Holy Land
Author: George Adam SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
The Comparative Geography of Palestine and the Sinaitic Peninsula
Author: Carl RitterAtlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land
Author: George Adam SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Historical Geography of the Holy Land
Author: George Adam SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Historical Geography of the Holy Land
Author: George Adam SmithPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108075398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 729
Book Description
This 1894 book on the historical geography of Palestine was immediately recognised as a major work of scholarship.