With Eyes Toward Zion. Scholars Colloquium on America-Holy Land Studies
New York: Arno Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii, 252pp. Plus (16)pp. of plates. Light pink Holy Land map dust jacket lettered in red, over brown leatherette boards lettered in black. Included at rear is a list of almost 1,000 biblical place names in America. A presentation copy inscribed by Moshe Davis to Salo Baron on front free endpaper. D.j. with a minor scrape on front cover, otherwise near fine.
Contents: The historical perspective. The Holy Land in American spiritual history / Moshe Davis -- Sources for understanding American Christian attitudes toward the Holy Land, 1800-1950 / Robert T. Handy -- Afro-Americans and the Holy Land / Lawrence N. Jones -- The Ottoman-Muslim era. America and the Holy Land during the Ottoman Period / Moshe Ma'oz -- Observations on America-Holy Land relations in the period before World War I / Nathan M. Kaganoff -- The search for sources / Roderic H. Davison -- Americans in the Holy Land, 1850-1900 : a select bibliography / Yohai Goell and Martha B. Katz-Hyman -- U.S. government resources. Records in the National Archives relating to America and the Holy Land / Milton O. Gustafson -- Comments on Dr. Gustafson's paper / Wayne S. Cole, Jules Davids -- Herbert Hoover and the Holy Land : a preliminary study / W.D. Blanks -- Illustrative texts. Christian attitudes -- Jewish concern -- Governmental resources -- Biblical name-places. Very good + / very good. Item #53455
ISBN: 0405103123
Price: $95.00