Exploring the Holy Land - 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund - David Gurevich
Marking 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund
Exploring the Holy Land - 150 Years of the Palestine Exploration Fund - David Gurevich
David Gurevich [+]
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Anat Kidron [+]
The Gottlieb Schumacher Institute for the Research of the Christian Presence in Palestine in the Modern Era, under the auspices of the University of Haifa
Description
The Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) is the oldest exploration society of the Levant which is active today. Since its founding meeting in 1865 in Westminster Abbey of London, the PEF scholars have conducted systematic exploration of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Prominent archaeologists such as C.W. Wilson, C. Warren, C. Schick, C. Conder, W.M.F Petrie, H. Kitchener, and R.A.S Macalister, were sent to dig the Holy Land on behalf of the PEF. A remarkable enterprise carried out by the PEF, in cooperation with the Royal Engineers, was the first precise scientific survey of the region – The Survey of the Western Palestine – which yielded the pioneering high-quality detailed maps of the Holy Land. Marking the 150 years since the PEF emerged, the studies collected in this volume provide a retrospective on the endeavours in the light of the findings of the contemporary archaeological research.