Bøker av George Adam Smith

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This book was immediately recognised on its publication in 1894 as a major work of scholarship, and reached twenty-five editions during its author's lifetime. The intention of George Adam Smith (1856-1942) was to produce a work which would 'give a vision of the land as a whole' and help the reader 'to hear through it the sound of running history'. Smith, an enthusiastic alpinist, had studied divinity in Edinburgh, and first visited Palestine in 1880, travelling around the country on foot. The book was written while Smith was teaching at Glasgow, and working on various social projects in Scotland. His detailed knowledge of the territory, together with his wide familiarity with the archaeological and historical background, gives the work authority. The book places the land in its historical context, and describes the physical geography and climate; the readability of its style is enhanced by detailed maps, some in colour.

This two-volume work by the biblical scholar and geographer Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942) was first published in 1907-8. Illustrated throughout, it spans more than fourteen centuries from 1400 BCE to 70 CE. Volume 1 covers the topography, economics and politics of ancient Jerusalem.