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Biblical researches in Palestine and the adjacent regions, a journal of travels in the years 1838 and 1852, Edward Robinson, Eli Smith, Volume 1

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Biblical researches in Palestine and the adjacent regions, a journal of travels in the years 1838 and 1852, Edward Robinson, Eli Smith, Volume 1
Language
eng
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index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Biblical researches in Palestine and the adjacent regions
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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927336601
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Edward Robinson, Eli Smith
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Cambridge library collection. ArchaeologyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks
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a journal of travels in the years 1838 and 1852
Summary
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.--, Provided by publisher

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