Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century (1903)
Hilprecht, H. V. (Hermann Vollrat), 1859-1925, Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935, Hommel, Fritz, 1854-1936, Jensen, P. (Peter), 1861-1936, Steindorff, Georg, 1861-1951 · Philadelphia : A. J. Holman · leaf 684
being regarded asthe land where Godtrequently had re-vealed himself andwhere sacred historyhad been enacted.Nevertheless Pales-tine research is buta child of the cen-tury just closed, diesystematic explora-tion of the land inall its aspects be-ginning, properlyspeaking, with thefoundation of… … The so-called Tomb of Absalom 582 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS From the time that Christians began to make pilgrim-ages to Palestine until our own century, the causes thatimpelled them to do so have been religious. To pray insacred places was thought particularly meritorious, and ex-tensive…
