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The First Critical Overview of Printed and Unprinted Descriptions of Travels to the Holy Land"). Wajntraub, Eva; Wajntraub, Gimpel (1992). Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land. Brüder Hollinek. ISBN 978-3-85119-248-3. Wood, Denis (16 April 2010). "Mapmaking, Counter-Mapping, and Map Art in the Mapping of Palestine". Rethinking the Power of Maps ...
Manuscripts from the Holy Land Shapell Manuscript Foundation "Description of the Holy Land", 1585 map depicting the Holy Land at the time of Jesus, World Digital Library This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Palestine, Holiness of". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New ...
For this purpose he hired a young German map maker, Heinrich Kiepert… Through his efforts the maps of ancient Israel were thoroughly revised and improved; modern cartography of the Holy Land begun." [3] [4] The sources for the map of Palestine were set out by Robinson in the introduction to the first volume of the first edition of his work: [5]
The area close to the church is also identified as the "Valley of Boaz", mentioned in the Old Testament, in Ruth 2:2, as the place where Ruth gleaned grain for herself and Naomi. [ 7 ] In 1858, the remains of a monastery built around 400 A.D. were discovered, on what was called the " Khirbet Siyar al-Ghanem " – the "Ruins of the Sheep ...
The Land of Israel (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: ʾEreṣ Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine.
The Land of Israel (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, Modern: ʾEreṣ Yīsraʾel, Tiberian: ʾEreṣ Yīsrāʾēl) is the traditional Jewish name for an area of the Southern Levant. Related biblical, religious and historical English terms include the Land of Canaan, the Promised Land, the Holy Land, and Palestine.
Palestine Park is a scale model of the Holy Land, including cities, hills, rivers, and seas, in approximately correct geographical relation on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Palestine Park is laid out along the southwestern side of Chautauqua Lake, which takes the place of the Mediterranean Sea. This creates a ...
Ruth Amiran (Hebrew: רות עמירן; née Brandstetter; December 8, 1914 – December 14, 2005) was an Israeli archaeologist whose book Ancient Pottery of the Holy Land: From Its Beginnings in the Neolithic Period to the End of the Iron Age which was published in 1970 is a standard reference for archaeologists working in Israel.