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With eyes toward Zion-Volume II : Themes and sources in the archives of the United States, Great Britain, Turkey, and Israel / edited by Moshe Davis.

Van Pelt Library E183.8.I7 I58 1983
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Format:
Book
Conference/Event
Contributor:
Davis, Moshe.
America-Holy Land Project.
Conference Name:
International Scholars Colloquium on America-Holy Land Studies (2nd : 1983 : National Archives)
Series:
With eyes toward Zion ; 2.
With eyes toward Zion ; 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Church history.
Archival resources.
Relations.
United States--Relations--Palestine--Archival resources--Congresses.
United States.
Palestine--Relations--United States--Archival resources--Congresses.
Palestine.
Palestine--In Christianity--Archival resources--Congresses.
United States--Church history--19th century--Archival resources--Congresses.
International relations--Archival resources.
Middle East--Palestine.
Genre:
Church history.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 408 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Other Title:
Themes and sources in the archives of the United States, Great Britain, Turkey, and Israel
With eyes toward Zion--II.
Place of Publication:
New York : Praeger, 1986.
Summary:
With Eyes Toward Zion II is a collection of papers by distinguished scholars who have set out to rediscover the Holy Land and what it means to America. They delve into the hundreds of books and pamphlets that have been written by archaeologists, historians, scientists, Biblical scholars, American consuls, novelists, missionaries, tourists, and, above all, settlers and builders of the land. What results is an overview of the relationship between the American people and the Holy Land until the birth of the State of Israel in 1948.
Contents:
The historical perspective
The British dimension
Holy Land perspectives
The ottoman dimension
The meaning of the Holy Land in American religious life and thought
The pedagogical dimension
Afterword.
Notes:
"Second International Scholars Colloquium on America-Holy Land Studies."
Includes bibliographical references and index to the 1st and 2nd colloquia.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP17.50 0.
Local Notes:
CJS copy acc.# 201897
Other Format:
Online version: International Scholars Colloquium on America-Holy Land Studies (2nd : 1983 : National Archives). With eyes toward Zion-Volume II.
ISBN:
0030019435
9780030019432
0275920909
9780275920906
OCLC:
12943468

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