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  • Eastern Manners Illustrative of Old Testament History

    Eastern Manners Illustrative of Bible History by Rev. Robert Jamieson

    ByRob Bradshaw February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

    In this handsome little volume from 1854 the author attempted to produce what we would call a biblical background commentary for the Old Testament, as he makes clear in his preface: The design of the following work is to illustrate some of the most striking and remarkable events in sacred history. In following the chequered…

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  • Theology on the Web at 25: Achievement #4: Digitisation of the Palestine Exploration Quarterly 1869-1926

    ByRob Bradshaw January 30, 2026January 30, 2026

    Introducing the Palestine Exploration Fund The Palestine Exploration Fund was founded in 1865 by public subscription in order to conduct scientific research in Southern Lavant. Its founding was, in part, the result of the growing public interest in the relationship between the Bible and the lands where the events it describes took place. The initial work in…

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  • Camels in the Patriarchal Narratives

    Camels in the Patriarchal Narratives

    ByRob Bradshaw February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

    I first became interested in references to camels in the patriarchal narratives at Bible College whilst I was writing a short thesis on patriarchal archaeology. At the time I noted that: The mention of ‘camels’ (Camelus dromedarius) in the Genesis narrative (12:16; 24; 30:43; 31:17,34; 32:7,15; 37:25 – 28 references in all) has long been viewed…

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  • Illustrated Bible Geography and Atlas – Claude R. Conder

    Illustrated Bible Geography and Atlas – Claude R. Conder

    ByRob Bradshaw December 29, 2024December 30, 2024

    This small book on Bible Geography by Major Claude R. Conder, of the Palestine Exploration Fund, has enduring value because its numerous maps and contemporary photographs. See the galleries below for a preview.

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  • Israel

    Thirty Years Work in the Holy Land – Palestine Exploration Fund

    ByRob Bradshaw April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

    The Palestine Exploration Fund carried out remarkable work mapping and excavating the land of Israel in the 19th Century. This book is provides a summary of their work between 1865 and 1895, which is documented more fully in the Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statements – see here for table of contents. This title is in…

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  • Mount Gerizim

    Landscapes of the Bible and Their Story by H.B. Tristram

    ByRob Bradshaw December 24, 2023January 11, 2024

    Today’s free book is H.B. Tristram’s Landscapes of the Bible, a superbly illustrated little book that provides a picture and a short article on around 50 locations mentioned in the Bible. I have extracted most of the images an uploaded them into the gallery shown below. Henry Baker Tristram [1822-1906], Landscapes of the Bible and…

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  • Map of Israel

    The Land and The Book (revised) by W.M. Thomson

    ByRob Bradshaw August 14, 2023August 14, 2023

    There were many “tours of the Holy Land” published during the Victorian Era, by W.M. Thomson’s “The Land and the Book” is one of the best. The book was revised after Thomson’s death by Julian Grande. The new edition includes numerous colour plates. This title is in the public domain. William McClure Thomson [1806-1894] &…

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  • Denarius

    Money of the Bible by G.C. Williamson

    ByRob Bradshaw July 26, 2023July 26, 2023

    Today’s free book is G.C. Williamson’s The Money of the Bible, which discusses in detail money in the Old Testament, the Intertestamental Period and the New Testament. This book is now in the public domain. The frontispiece is so unusual that I have created a video about it. George Charles Williamson [1858-1942], The Money of…

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