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portada The Victorians and the Holy Land: Adventurers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in the Lands of the Bible
Type
Physical Book
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Language
English
Pages
280
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9780802884091

The Victorians and the Holy Land: Adventurers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in the Lands of the Bible

Allan Chapman (Author) · Eerdmans · Paperback

The Victorians and the Holy Land: Adventurers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in the Lands of the Bible - Allan Chapman

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Synopsis "The Victorians and the Holy Land: Adventurers, Tourists, and Archaeologists in the Lands of the Bible"

Why were people in the Victorian age fascinated with the archaeological mysteries of the Holy Land? In this engaging study, Allan Chapman shows how the Holy Land took on new meaning for Europeans during the Victorian era. Previously, most Europeans had viewed the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River as a literary backdrop for biblical narratives. During the nineteenth century, however, they began to take interest in this region as a literal, physical place. Technological inventions such as steam-powered travel, telegraphy, and photography made the Holy Land more accessible. In public museums, ordinary people could view artifacts ranging from Egyptian mummies to statues from Nimrud and Nineveh. In linguistics, translations of Egyptian hieroglyphs and Assyrian cuneiform broadened Europeans' awareness of myths, legends, and history. These discoveries in archaeology and linguistics brought new energy to nineteenth-century debates about whether the Scriptures were based on factual history. In addition to explaining how Holy Land studies changed during the Victorian era, Allan Chapman identifies key people who facilitated those changes. He introduces readers to a diverse demographic that includes adventurers, astronomers, missionaries, ministers, learned women of independent means, and Queen Victoria's eldest son. Driven by a wide range of professional and personal motives, these individuals had a powerful impact on the Victorian public's understanding of the Holy Land.

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