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Perceptions and Realities of the Holy Land

Perceptions and Realities of the Holy Land [HLS 3.1 (2004) 113-117] ISSN 1774-9475 REVIEW ARTICLE: PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES OF THE HOLY LAND Michael Marten Received his PhD from Edinburgh University1 53 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JX michael.marten@gn.apc.org • • • Burke O. Long, 2003. Imagining the Holy Land: Maps, Models, and Fantasy Travels, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press). Hardback. Pp.258. Inger Marie Okkenhaug. 2002. The Quality of Heroic Living, of High Endeavour and Adventure.Anglican Mission,Women and Education in Palestine, 1888-1948. Studies in Christian Mission,Vol. 27 (Leiden: Brill). Hardback. Pp.357 Anthony O’Mahony (ed.). 2003. The Christian Communities of Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Studies in History, Religion and Politics (Cardiff: University of Wales Press). Hardback. Pp.210. The three volumes under review can be said to represent an imaginary Palestine, historical Palestine, and contemporary Palestine (and Israel). Much work has been done on images of the Holy Land in western thought. For example, Lester Vogel published a valuable book in 1993 examining 19th. century American attitudes (To See a Promised Land, Pennsylvania State University Press, Pennsylvania) and in this context coined the term ‘geopiety’, signifying ‘the expression of dutiful devotion and habitual reverence for a territory, land or space’ (p.8). Burke O. Long’s Imagining the Holy Land takes http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Holy Land Studies Edinburgh University Press

Perceptions and Realities of the Holy Land

Marten, Michael
Holy Land Studies , Volume 3 (1): 113 – May 1, 2004
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[HLS 3.1 (2004) 113-117] ISSN 1774-9475 REVIEW ARTICLE: PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES OF THE HOLY LAND Michael Marten Received his PhD from Edinburgh University1 53 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JX michael.marten@gn.apc.org • • • Burke O. Long, 2003. Imagining the Holy Land: Maps, Models, and Fantasy Travels, (Bloomington: Indiana University Press). Hardback. Pp.258. Inger Marie Okkenhaug. 2002. The Quality of Heroic Living, of High Endeavour and Adventure.Anglican Mission,Women and Education in Palestine, 1888-1948. Studies in Christian Mission,Vol. 27 (Leiden: Brill). Hardback. Pp.357 Anthony O’Mahony (ed.). 2003. The Christian Communities of Jerusalem and the Holy Land: Studies in History, Religion and Politics (Cardiff: University of Wales Press). Hardback. Pp.210. The three volumes under review can be said to represent an imaginary Palestine, historical Palestine, and contemporary Palestine (and Israel). Much work has been done on images of the Holy Land in western thought. For example, Lester Vogel published a valuable book in 1993 examining 19th. century American attitudes (To See a Promised Land, Pennsylvania State University Press, Pennsylvania) and in this context coined the term ‘geopiety’, signifying ‘the expression of dutiful devotion and habitual reverence for a territory, land or space’ (p.8). Burke O. Long’s Imagining the Holy Land takes

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