Holy Land Collection

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea that also includes the Eastern Bank of the Jordan River. Traditionally, it is synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and Judaea and with the region of Palestine. The term "Holy Land" usually refers to a territory roughly corresponding to the modern State of Israel, the Palestinian territories, western Jordan, and parts of southern Lebanon and of southwestern Syria. Jews, Christians, and Muslims all regard it as holy.

Part of the significance of the land stems from the religious significance of Jerusalem, as the historical region of Jesus' ministry, and as the site of the Isra and Mi'raj event of c. 621 CE in Islam. The holiness of the land as a destination of Christian pilgrimage contributed to launching the Crusades, as European Christians sought to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims, who had conquered it from the Christian Byzantine Empire in the 630s. In the 19th century, the Holy Land became the subject of diplomatic wrangling as the Holy Places played a role in the Eastern Question which led to the Crimean War in the 1850s.

Many sites in the Holy Land have long been pilgrimage destinations for adherents of the Abrahamic religions, including Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Baha'is. Pilgrims visit the Holy Land to touch and see physical manifestations of their faith, to confirm their beliefs in the holy context with collective excitation, and to connect personally to the Holy Land.

Available Books

Book Title	Date
Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land	1908
Under the Syrian Sun Vol. 1	1907
Palestine Illustrated	1888
Palestine, Past and Present. Pictorial and Descriptive	1890
Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria	1823
The River Jordan : Pictorial and Descriptive	1858
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land	1839
The Home of Fadeless Splendour or, Palestine of Today	1921
The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia Vols. 1 & 2	1855
The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia Vols. 3 & 4	1855
The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia Vols. 5 & 6	1855
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land	1915
The Rob Roy on the Jordan	1869
Pictorial Description of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness	1878
The Holy Land, Painted and Described	1902
Visit to Alexandria, Damascus, and Jerusalem	1835
A Pilgrimage to the Temples and Tombs of Egypt, Nubia, and Palestine	1846
Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled	1873
Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled	1875
The Land of Israel	1865
The Land of Israel	1876
Kitab-ı Bahriye [Book of Navigation]	1525
Journal of a Tour in the Levant Vol. 1	1820
Journal of a Tour in the Levant Vol. 2	1820
Journal of a Tour in the Levant Vol. 3	1820
A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar	1822
Sketches in the East Drawn on Stone	1856