عنوان

The Oxford illustrated history of the Holy Land /

(Number (ISBN

019872439X

(Number (ISBN

9780198724391

Erroneous ISBN

0191036463

Erroneous ISBN

9780191036460

Title Proper

The Oxford illustrated history of the Holy Land /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Robert G. Hoyland, H.G.M. Williamson.

Edition Statement

First edition.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Oxford, United Kingdom :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 402 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color), color maps ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-385) and index.

Text of Note

"This book covers the 3,000 years which saw the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and relates the familiar stories of the sacred texts with the fruits of modern scholarship. Beginning with the origins of the people who became the Israel of the Bible, it follows the course of the ensuing millennia down to the time when the Ottoman Empire succumbed to British and French rule at the end of the First World War. Parts of the story, especially as known from the Bible, will be widely familiar. Less familiar are the ways in which modern research, both from archaeology and from other ancient sources, sometimes modify this story historically. Better understanding, however, enables us to appreciate crucial chapters in the story of the Holy Land, such as how and why Judaism developed in the way that it did from the earlier sovereign states of Israel and Judah and the historical circumstances in which Christianity emerged from its Jewish cradle. Later parts of the story are vital not only for the history of Islam and its relationships with the two older religions, but also for the development of pilgrimage and religious tourism, as well as the notions of sacred space and of holy books with which we are still familiar today. From the time of Napoleon on, European powers came increasingly to develop both cultural and political interest in the region, culminating in the British and French conquests which carved out the modern states of the Middle East."--

Parallel Title

History of the Holy Land

Parallel Title

Holy Land

Parallel Title

Illustrated history of the Holy Land

Church history.

Islam-- History.

Judaism-- History.

Church history.

Historical geography.

HISTORY-- Middle East-- Israel.

Islam.

Judaism.

RELIGION-- History.

Israel, History.

Palestine, Historical geography.

Palestine, History.

Israel.

Middle East, Palestine.

Palaestina.

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Number

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Class number

Book number

Hoyland, Robert G.,1966-

Williamson, H. G. M., (Hugh Godfrey Maturin),1947-

Date of Transaction

20200822092314.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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