Scriptural geography : portraying the Holy Land / Edwin James Aiken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aiken, Edwin J., author.

Series:

Tauris historical geography series.

Tauris historical geography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestine--Historical geography.

Palestine.

Palestine--Historiography.

Palestine--In Christianity--History--19th century.

Palestine--In the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"For nineteenth century scholars the Holy Land was not just a region of the globe - it was an idea, an intellectual and moral space charged with the heat of debate between those trying to understand the religious, social and scientific upheavals of the time. Edwin Aiken explores the various ways in which geographical knowledge was used in these debates. In particular he shows how religious writers called upon geographical knowledge to the benefit of their readers. The result is an original and stimulating work of scholarship that demonstrates the significance of the geography of the Holy Land in Western thought and argument, and makes important contributions to the history of geography, the nature of Orientalism, and to the evolving relationship between religion and science."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Illustrations

1. Introduction: Inscribing Terra Sancta

2. A History of Scriptural Geography

3. The Didactic Order: Michael Russell

4. The Polemical Order: Josias Leslie Porter

5. The Contextual Order: George Adam Smith

6. Conclusion: Learning from the story

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612750922

9780755625147

0755625145

9781282750920

1282750925

9781441657626

1441657622

9780857716699

0857716697

9786000018856

6000018851

OCLC:

710975473