Sinai & Palestine

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley's Sinai & Palestine studied the region in connection with its history, and the maps from John Mur...

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Arthur Penrhyn Stanley's Sinai & Palestine studied the region in connection with its history, and the maps from John Murray's 1883 edition give the physical landscape a central part, combining biblical and historical geography with geology and relief. Syria and the Lake of Tiberias are regional subjects, Palestine is shown as a whole and in sections north and south of Bethel, and Egypt and the Sinai peninsula widen the range. A map of traditional Sinai sits beside a series of vertical sections through the terrain.

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley's Sinai & Palestine studied the region in connection with its history, and the maps from John Murray's 1883 edition give the physical landscape a central part, combining biblical and historical geography with geology and relief. Syria and the Lake of Tiberias are regional subjects, Palestine is shown as a whole and in sections north and south of Bethel, and Egypt and the Sinai peninsula widen the range. A map of traditional Sinai sits beside a series of vertical sections through the terrain.

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