Israel

Thirty Years Work in the Holy Land – Palestine Exploration Fund

Thirty Years Work in the Holy Land – Palestine Exploration Fund

The Palestine Exploration Fund carried out remarkable work mapping and excavating the land of Israel in the 19th Century. This…

2 weeks ago

Landscapes of the Bible and Their Story by H.B. Tristram

Today’s free book is H.B. Tristram’s Landscapes of the Bible, a superbly illustrated little book that provides a picture and…

4 months ago

The Land and The Book (revised) by W.M. Thomson

There were many "tours of the Holy Land" published during the Victorian Era, by W.M. Thomson's "The Land and the…

9 months ago

Bible Places, or the Topography of the Holy Land by Rev. H.B. Tristram

Today's free book is a fine example of the genre of Ninetenth Century tours of the Holy Land, almost invariable…

10 months ago

Bible and Archaeology by Frederic G. Kenyon

Sir Frederic George Kenyon. Photograph by Lafayette. Today's free book is The Bible and Archaeology by Frederic G. Kenyon, Director…

1 year ago

Egypt and Israel by Flinders Petrie

Today's free book is Flinders Petrie's profusely illustrated study of the interaction between Egypt and Israel in the Bible and…

2 years ago

Palestine Portrayed – Pictures, Descriptions and Explanations

Today's free book is a collection of photographs of Palestine with descriptions and explanations which was published by the Palestine…

3 years ago

Patriarchal Palestine by Archibald H. Sayce

Professor Archibald Sayce's Patriarchal Palestine applies the (then) recent archaeological discoveries in Babylonia and Assyria to illustrate the biblical accounts…

6 years ago

Archibald Sayce on the Decipherment of the Hittite Hieroglyphic Texts

Archibald Sayce [1845-1933] was Professor of Assyriology at Oxford University for 28 years. I recently came across offprints of four…

7 years ago

Joshua’s Conquest of Jericho and Ai – a Historical Account?

It is often argued that the biblical account of Joshua's conquest of Jericho and Ai is nothing more than historical…

7 years ago