Palestine -- Description and travel of Palestine are well-documented through "Biblical Researches", as well as supplementary notebooks re-titled Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: Journal of Travels in the
Creator
Robinson, Edward, 1794-1863
Abstract Or Scope
Edward Robinson (1794-1863) was a Presbyterian minister, Biblical scholar, Union Theological Seminary professor, and its first librarian. This collection contains the manuscript originally entitled "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South," appendices of English-Arabic lists and language exercises, travel itineraries, a guide to Arabic pronunciation, and supplementary materials relating to travel; galley proofs of the Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius lexicon with handwritten annotations by Robinson and possibly others; as well as two plastic-bound transcripts, indexed, of letters exchanged between Edward Robinson and Moses Stuart between 1826 and 1830.