“Remarkable Rather for Its Eloquence than Its Truth”: Modern Travelers Encounter the Holy Land—and Each Other’s Accounts Thereof
This article examines the responses of modern western travelers - Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant - to three major sites (and sights) of Palestine pilgrimage - the Jordan river, the approach to Jerusalem, and Jewish prayer at the Western Wall. Particular attention is paid to the tensions between pr...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penn Press
2009
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The Jewish quarterly review
Year: 2009, Volume: 99, Issue: 4, Pages: 439-464 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theodor Herzl
B Judith B Jordan River B Edward Said B Pilgrimage B Jerusalem B Mark Twain B F. R. Chateaubriand B J. S. Buckingham B Montefiore B Western wall |
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| Summary: | This article examines the responses of modern western travelers - Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant - to three major sites (and sights) of Palestine pilgrimage - the Jordan river, the approach to Jerusalem, and Jewish prayer at the Western Wall. Particular attention is paid to the tensions between prior expectations and sometimes harsh realities, as well as to the ways in which travel writers responded both explicitly and implictly to previous accounts of the places they were describing. Among the visitors treated are F. R. Chateaubriand, J. S. Buckingham, Judith Montefiore, Mark Twain, and Theodor Herzl. |
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| ISSN: | 1553-0604 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Jewish quarterly review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/jqr.0.0057 |