The Victorians and the Holy Land : adventurers, tourists, and archaeologists in the lands of the Bible / Allan Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Allan, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Civilization--Middle Eastern influences.

Palestine--Foreign public opinion, British.

Palestine.

Technology--Social aspects--History--19th century.

Technology.

Public opinion--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

xiii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024.

Summary:

"A study of historical, cultural, and technological developments during the Victorian Age that heightened people's interest in the Holy Land"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

From Pharaoh’s Granaries to Measured Wonders: Changing Views on the Pyramids from Antiquity to the Seventeenth Century

The Ottoman Empire, Adventurers, and a Circus Strongman: Opening Up Egypt and the Holy Land after 1700

Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign and the Fortunes of War: More Artifacts and Treasures Discovered

A New Preclassical Literature: Thomas Young, Jean-François Champollion, and the Reading of Ancient Egyptian Texts

The French Diplomat, the London Law Clerk, and the Mounds of Mesopotamia: Botta, Layard, Nineveh, and Noah’s Flood

Nimrud Rises from the Sand: The Victorian Discovery of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer

Daring Clergymen and a Royal Prince: Exploring the Holy Land and Surveying Palestine

Professor Charles Piazzi Smyth, Pyramidology, and King Solomon’s Mines: Archaeological Delusions

Thomas Cook: The Carpenter, Baptist Minister, and Entrepreneur Who Began Package Tours to the Holy Land

Mummies and Museums: The Artifacts Tell Their Stories

Biblical Art, Literature, and Music: The Holy Land in the Popular Imagination

Is the Bible No More Than Folktales, or Is It Real History? The Impact of Archaeology and Walking in the Footsteps of Saint Paul

Back in Egypt: Karl Lepsius, François Mariette, Sir Flinders Petrie, and the Founding of Scientific Archaeology

After the Victorians: The Middle East in Modern Times, from King Tut to William Albright to Cecil B. DeMille.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Erpf Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780802884091

0802884091

OCLC:

1482270756