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The Holy Land and Syria

Chapter 36: BIBLIOGRAPHY
By Frank G. Carpenter
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A travel narrative drawn from extensive journeys across Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and neighboring regions, blending on-site description of holy places, cities, bazaars, and rural life with accounts of religious ceremonies, archaeological excavations, and social customs. It records everyday activities—farming, markets, water use—and the lives of Jews, Samaritans, Muslims, Christians, Bedouins, and Armenian communities, while noting modern developments such as railways, colonies, and foreign institutions. Photographs and maps accompany observations of historic ruins, pilgrimage practices, and the interaction between ancient landscapes and contemporary change.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

An enormous number of books on the Holy Land have been written, some few of which have become standard works, in spite of having been written a generation ago. Among these the most familiar, perhaps, are Dean Stanley’s “Sinai and Palestine,” in many editions, and G. A. Smith’s “Historical Geography of the Holy Land,” thirteenth edition, London, 1907, and the same author’s “Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land,” London, 1915. The following brief list is a selection from the most recent publications:

Baedeker. “Syria and Palestine” Guidebook. London, 1912.

Bell, Gertrude. “Syria.” London, 1919.

Bentwich, Norman. “Palestine and the Jews, Past, Present, and Future.” London, 1919.

Copping, Arthur E. “A Journalist in the Holy Land.” London, 1911.

Gordon, Ben L. “New Judea: Jewish Life in Modern Palestine.” Philadelphia, 1919.

Grant, Elihu. “Peasantry of Palestine.” New York, 1907.

Great Britain. “Handbook of Syria” (including Palestine) Prepared by Naval Intelligence Division, British Admiralty. London, 1921.

“Syria and Palestine,” Historical section British Foreign Office—No. 60. London, 1921.

Hichens, Robert. “The Holy Land” illus. by Jules Guérin. New York, 1910.

Hilprecht, H. V. “Explorations in Bible Lands during the 19th Century.” Philadelphia, 1903.

Huntington, Ellsworth. “Palestine and Its Transformation.” Boston, 1911.

Hyamson, A. M. “Palestine: the Rebirth of an Ancient People.” London, 1917.

Jastrow, Morris. “Zionism and the Future of Palestine.” New York, 1919.

Lees, G. Robinson. “Village Life in Palestine.” London, 1905.

Lock, H. O. “The Conquest of Palestine.” London, 1920.

Mudrum, Nadra. “La Syrie de Demain.” Paris, 1916.

Maxwell, Donald. “A Painter in Palestine.” London, 1921.

Pirie-Gordon, H. “Guidebook to Northern Palestine and Southern Syria.” Jerusalem, 1920.

“Guide Book to Central Syria.” Jerusalem, 1920.

Ruppin, A. “Syrien als Wirthschaftsgebiet” (Also in English). Berlin, 1917.

“The Jews of To-day.” New York, 1913.

Samne, G. “La Syrie.” Paris, 1921.

Sampter, Jessie, Editor. “A Guide to Zionism.” New York, 1920.

Sidebotham, H. “England and Palestine.” London, 1919.

Sokolow, N. “History of Zionism.” London and New York, 1919.

Szold, Henrietta. “Recent Progress in Palestine.” New York, 1920.

Wilbushewitz, N. “The Industrial Development of Palestine.” London, 1920.