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Author Lewis, Jack P. (Jack Pearl), 1919-2018, author

Title Early explorers of Bible lands / Jack P. Lewis
Published Abilene, Texas : Abilene Christian University Press, [2013]

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Series Early explorers of Bible lands
Early explorers of Bible lands
Contents Foreword / by Dale W. Manor -- John Lewis (Johann Ludwig) Burckhardt : explorer in disguise -- Giovanni Battista Belzoni : explorer, collector, comb robber -- Conrad Schick : architect archaeologist -- William Francis Lynch : explorer of the Dead Sea -- Dr. James T. Barclay : almost forgotten Jerusalem explorer of the nineteenth century -- Sir Charles William Wilson : discoverer of Wilson's Arch -- Charles Clermont-Ganneau : nineteenth century discovery -- Selah Merrill : nineteenth century American explorer-diplomat -- Claude R. Conder : surveyor of Palestine -- Archibald Henry Sayce : decipherer of inscriptions
Summary Acclaimed scholar and professor Jack Lewis narrates the lives and contributions of a number of nineteenth-century explorers of Bible lands whose work set the stage for modern biblical archaeology. Here are the stories of John Lewis Burckhardt, William Francis Lynch, James T. Barclay, Selah Merrill, and other explorers of Bible lands from the mid- to late-nineteenth century. Most of these men did not engage in archaeology as we commonly define it today, but their contributions set the stage for modern archaeology. They were not excavators, but students of geography, nature, languages, customs, traditions, and the Bible--all of which are vital to a more refined understanding of the Bible. As they traversed Palestine, these explorers encountered inscriptions and even previously unidentified languages (e.g., Hittite). Lewis's accounts reveal their interests, almost presciently, in the categories of anthropology as currently defined--cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology. These pursuits laid the groundwork for the more comprehensive and interdisciplinary studies that have eventually become the trademark of both biblical studies and the archaeology of the biblical world. As Lewis shows, we owe explorers a great debt of gratitude for their pioneering work
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bible -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013580
Bible fast
Subject Explorers -- Palestine -- Biography
Archaeologists -- Palestine -- Biography
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Palestine -- History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
BIBLES -- General.
RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- General.
RELIGION -- Biblical Reference -- Handbooks.
Antiquities
Archaeologists
Excavations (Archaeology)
Explorers
SUBJECT Palestine -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097164
Subject Middle East -- Palestine
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012047462
ISBN 9780891127239
0891127232