Series 1: Writings, 1836 -- 1838
This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.
1.75 linear feet; 1.75 linear feet; 4 boxes
This series contains the manuscript originally entitled "Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South," as well as appendices of English-Arabic lists and language exercises, travel itineraries, a guide to Arabic pronunciation and supplementary materials relating to travel. Included are all bound sections of Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South; most of the text is in English, while annotations, notes, and the Arabic index and
related notebooks include text in English, German, Hebrew, and Arabic. Pagination is contiguous with sections titled by place-name or subject. Folder titles delineate sections and breaks, which correspond to the following themes: Section I – Introduction. Greece and Egypt, pp.1-78
Section II – Cairo to Suez, pp.79-123
Section III – Suez to Mount Sinai pp.124-271
Section IV – Mount Sinai to 'Akabah pp.279-320
Section V – 'Akabah to Jerusalem, pp.321-406
Section VI – Jerusalem – Incidents and first impressions, pp.407-460
Section VII.I – Jerusalem topography and antiquities, pp.461-550
VII.II – Tower of Hippicus [sic] and other towers, pp.551-649
Section VIII – Jerusalem – History, statistics, etc., pp.650-764
Section IX – Excursion from Jerusalem to Bethel, etc., pp.765-820
Section X.I – Excursion to 'Ain Jidy, the Dead Sea, Jordan, etc., pp.821-924
X.II – [Untitled], pp.925-1021
Section XI – From Jerusalem to Gaza and Hebron, pp.1022-1190
Section XII.I – From Hebron to Wady Mûsa and back, pp.1191-1329
XII.II – [Untitled], pp.1330-1396
Section XIII – From Hebron to Ramleh and Jerusalem, pp.1397-1470
Section XIV – From Jerusalem to Nazareth and Mount Tabor, pp.1471-1650
Section XV – From Mount Tabor by the Lake of Tiberias to Safed, pp.1651-1790
Section XVI – From Safed by Tyre and Sidon to Beirut, pp.1791-1884
Section XVII – Religious Sects in Syria and Palestine, pp.1885-1904
The notebooks accompanying the manuscript include bound notebooks divided into a Lists section, a travel itinerary with paste-down and folded-in notes and correspondence, notes on Arabic pronunciation and place-names, and an index of notes that likely correspond to the Palestine manuscript. Dates of these manuscript materials were supplied from original publication date of the text as well as the dates Robinson is known to have travelled in these regions.
This series is arranged by material type, and then numerically.
Box 1 Folder 1-5
Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South: Preface and Mss. Sections I- VII.II , 1836 -- 1838
Box 2 Folder 1-5
Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South: Mss. Sections VIII - XII:I, 1836 -- 1838
Box 3 Folder 1-4
Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South: Mss. Sections XII.II - XVII, 1836 -- 1838
Box 3 Folder 5
Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South: Notes, illustrations and appendices by section, 1836 -- 1838
Box 4 Folder 1
Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Countries in the South: Arabic Index, 1836 -- 1838
Box 4 Folder 2
Notebooks: Lebanon – Index of Arabic Names and Terms , 1838
Box 4 Folder 3
Notebooks: Travel Itinerary and Notes, circa 1838
Box 4 Folder 4
Notebooks: Notes on Christian Sects in Syria, 1838
Box 4 Folder 5
Notebooks: Memoir of Palestine by Heinrich Kiepert (original), undated
This item is restricted due to condition. Please use the reference copy in Folder 6.
Box 4 Folder 6
Notebooks: Memoir of Palestine by Heinrich Kiepert (reference copy), undated
Box 4 Folder 7
Edward Robinson Signature Card, undated
Series 2: Gesenius lexicon galley proofs, undated
This series is open for research.
0.75 linear feet; 0.75 linear feet; 2 boxes
This series contains galley proofs of the Friedrich Wilhelm Gesenius lexicon with handwritten annotations by Robinson and possibly others. The Latinate proofs are bound in eleven parts and paginated contiguously.
This series is arranged numerically.
Box 5 Folder 1
Annotated Wilhelm Friedrich Gesenius Lexicon I, pp. 1-96, undated
Box 5 Folder 2
Gesenius II, pp.97-192, undated
Box 5 Folder 3
Gesenius III, pp.193-288, undated
Box 5 Folder 4
Gesenius IV, pp. 289-384, undated
Box 5 Folder 5
Gesenius V, pp.385-480, undated
Box 5 Folder 6
Gesenius VI, pp.481-576, undated
Box 5 Folder 7
Gesenius VII, pp.577-672, undated
Box 5 Folder 8
Gesenius VIII, pp.673- 768, undated
Box 6 Folder 1
Gesenius IX-IXb, pp.769-864, undated
Box 6 Folder 2
Gesenius X, pp.865-960, undated
Box 6 Folder 3
Gesenius XI, pp.961-1072, undated
Series 3: Correspondence, 1826 -- 1830
This series is open for research.
0.25 linear feet; 0.25 linear feet; 1 box
This series contains two plastic-bound transcripts, indexed, of letters exchanged between Edward Robinson and Moses Stuart between 1826 and 1830. Moses Stuart (1780-1852) was a contemporary of Robinson's and professor of Sacred Literature and Languages at Andover Seminary. The letters were transcribed and edited in 2003 by Hermine Wiegel Williams, a lecturer in Religion and the Arts at Hamilton College.
This series is arranged in chronological order.