The Land Called Holy: Palestine in Christian History and Thought

by Robert Louis Wilken

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Drawing on both primary texts and archaelogy, Wilken traces the Christian conception of a Holy Land from its origins inthe Hebrew Bible to the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in the seventh century.

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Robert Louis Wilken is William R. Kenan Professor of the History of Christianity Emeritus, University of Virginia. He is the author of many books, including The Christians as the Romans Saw Them, published by Yale University Press.

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Christianity Today Book Awards (Biography and History, No. 5, Critics' Choice – 1994)

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