Through the Eyes of the BeholderThrough the Eyes of the Beholder
the Holy Land, 1517-1713
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Current format, eBook, 2013, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formats"The collection examines the view of holiness in the "Holy Land" through the writings of pilgrims, travelers, and missionaries. The period extends from 1517, the Ottoman conquest of Syria and Palestine, to the Franco-British treaty of Utrecht in 1713 andthe consolidation of European hegemony over the Mediterranean. The writers in the collection include Christians (Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic), Muslims, and Jews, who originate from countries such as Sweden, England, France, Holland, Russia, the Ottoman Empire, and Syria. This book is the first to juxtapose writers of different backgrounds and languages, to emphasize the holiness of the land in a number of traditions, and to ask whether holiness was inherent in geography or a product of the piety of the writers"--P. [4] of cover.
The collection is the first to bring together a number of accounts about the Holy Land written by early modern authors from different religious and regional backgrounds.
The collection is the first to bring together a number of accounts about the Holy Land written by early modern authors from different religious and regional backgrounds.
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