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- catalog abstract "This volume presents a study of the beginnings of biblical archeology examines its historical background and the cultural conditions which influenced its development. The author knits together this period's events and trends, starting with Napoleon's campaign in the Middle East, to which he attached French scholars, and ending with the British conquest of Ottoman Palestine in 1917. He reports on the political in-fighting and covert plotting between rival nations and the individual battles between opposing scholars that led to many of archeology's greatest discoveries.".
- catalog contributor b1171878.
- catalog coverage "Palestine History 1799-1917.".
- catalog created "1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1982.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 203-217.".
- catalog description "Part I: A land of myths. 1. The lure of the Holy land -- 2. Rumblings in the East -- 3. The land of the butcher -- 4. Visions of the end of the world -- 5. The evolution of a dream -- Part II: Power and prestige. 6. Conquering the wilderness -- 7. For the glory of France -- 8. A matter of honor -- 9. Building the New Jerusalem -- 10. The pastimes of an empire -- 11. Race for a relic -- 12. Spying out the land -- Part III: The triumph of science. 13. One million pounds sterling -- 14. Coming of age -- 15. The Kaiser and the Sultan -- 16. The American method -- 17. Secrets of the Temple Mount -- 18. The Last Crusade -- Epilogue: The future of the past.".
- catalog description "This volume presents a study of the beginnings of biblical archeology examines its historical background and the cultural conditions which influenced its development. The author knits together this period's events and trends, starting with Napoleon's campaign in the Middle East, to which he attached French scholars, and ending with the British conquest of Ottoman Palestine in 1917. He reports on the political in-fighting and covert plotting between rival nations and the individual battles between opposing scholars that led to many of archeology's greatest discoveries.".
- catalog extent "xv, 228 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Digging for God and country.".
- catalog identifier "0394511395 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Digging for God and country.".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Digging for God and country.".
- catalog spatial "Palestine History 1799-1917.".
- catalog spatial "Palestine".
- catalog subject "Archaeology Palestine History.".
- catalog subject "CC101.I75 S57 1982".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I: A land of myths. 1. The lure of the Holy land -- 2. Rumblings in the East -- 3. The land of the butcher -- 4. Visions of the end of the world -- 5. The evolution of a dream -- Part II: Power and prestige. 6. Conquering the wilderness -- 7. For the glory of France -- 8. A matter of honor -- 9. Building the New Jerusalem -- 10. The pastimes of an empire -- 11. Race for a relic -- 12. Spying out the land -- Part III: The triumph of science. 13. One million pounds sterling -- 14. Coming of age -- 15. The Kaiser and the Sultan -- 16. The American method -- 17. Secrets of the Temple Mount -- 18. The Last Crusade -- Epilogue: The future of the past.".
- catalog title "Digging for God and country : exploration, archeology, and the secret struggle for the Holy Land, 1799-1917 / Neil Asher Silberman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".