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The Oxford illustrated history of the Holy Land

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The 3,000-year story of the Holy Land, from the origins of Judasim, Christianity, and Islam to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War. Essential reading for all those seeking a fuller understanding of a region so fundamentally important ot the religious, cultural, and i...

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Other Authors: Hoyland, Robert G., Williamson, H. G. M.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Series:Oxford illustrated history
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Palestine > History.
Palestine > History > Pictorial works.
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Summary:The 3,000-year story of the Holy Land, from the origins of Judasim, Christianity, and Islam to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War. Essential reading for all those seeking a fuller understanding of a region so fundamentally important ot the religious, cultural, and intellectual history of the world.
Physical Description:1 volume : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographic references.
ISBN:9780198724407
0198724403
Author Notes:Robert G. Hoyland, Professor of the late Antique and early Islamic History of the Middle East, Institute for Study of the Ancient World, NYU,H. G. M. Williamson, Emeritus Regius Professor of Hebrew, University of OxfordH. G. M. Williamson was until recently Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford University. His expertise in the texts of the Old Testament is complemented by his active participation in the archaeology of the Biblical period in the Holy Land.Robert G. Hoyland is Professor of Late Antique and Early Islamic Middle Eastern History at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. His books include Arabia and the Arabs (Routledge, 2001) and In God's Path (OUP, 2015). He has embarked upon the excavation of the city of Partavi/Barda'a in modern Azerbaijan.

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