Jerusalem

This two-volume work (1907–8), spanning more than fourteen centuries, expertly elucidates the topography, economics and history of ancient Jerusalem.

This two-volume work by the biblical scholar and geographer Sir George Adam Smith (1856–1942) was first published in 1907–8. Illustrated throughout, it spans more than fourteen centuries from 1400 BCE to 70 CE. Volume 1 covers the topography, economics and politics of ancient Jerusalem.First published in two volumes between 1907 and 1908, this major work by the Scottish biblical scholar and geographer Sir George Adam Smith (1856–1942) is organised into three books. Volume 1 contains the first two books. Book 1 covers the topography, geology and climate of ancient Jerusalem, while Book 2 focuses on the economic and political development of the city. Best known for his celebrated Historical Geography of the Holy Land (1894), Smith provides here a more detailed and specialist analysis, based on first-hand knowledge derived from the visits he made to the region over the years. Spanning more than fourteen centuries of Jerusalem's history from 1400 BCE to 70 CE, these well-illustrated volumes remain a standard work of scholarship, expertly elucidating the changing shape of the city.