Visits of Gertrude Bell to Tur Abdin
Dale a. Johnson
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Description
This is a collection of summaries, diary entries and letters from the famed British explorer, Gertrude Bell who later went on to become an adviser to Winston Churchill and founded the Baghdad Archeology Museum. The focus of the book is on her contribution to the photographic and archeological record she made of a region of forgotten Christians, called Tur Abdin in present day Turkey, who had preserved the language of Jesus and a Semitic form of Christianity under the veil of Islam.
Product Details
Price
$21.95
Publisher
New Sinai Press
Publish Date
July 28, 2007
Pages
200
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.46 inches | 0.66 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780615155678
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About the Author
Dale A. Johnson is professor of church history in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University and author of The Changing Shape of English Nonconformity, 1825-1925.