ReViews: A Rich Repository of Historic Images of Biblical Lands

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Distant Views of the Holy Land is a noteworthy volume of early photographs, paintings and drawings of the Holy Land (including maps and color plates) from the archives of the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF). It is a fitting publication for 2015, as the year marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the PEF. This society is the oldest in the world for the study and exploration of the Levant, in particular the areas associated with the Bible. At the Fund’s inaugural meeting in 1865, the archbishop of York noted, “Our society is strictly an inductive inquiry. We are […]

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Endnotes

1. The Appendix includes biographies of the photographers, artists and illustrators whose works are featured in the book.

2. Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, a cartographer and surveyor, worked for the Palestine Exploration Fund, conducting a series of excavations in Palestine, principally around the Walls of the Temple of Jerusalem. He is author of the popular Underground Jerusalem, first published in 1876.

3. The book is rather expensive but may be available at some libraries and other public institutions.