Traveling through Sinai

Description

Sinai has long attracted travelers to its ancient caravan routes and haunting landscapes, and visitors have frequently left written accounts of their experiences. In this wide-ranging anthology, Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel- Hakim have collected dozens of accounts and observations from travelers who have written about Sinai, its people, its sights, and its historical and biblical landmarks.
Starting with Egeria, a fourth-century Christian who relates her visit to Mt. Sinai and the Burning Bush, Traveling through Sinai offers a diverse collection of voices over the centuries. Among themare the German friar Felix Fabri, who visited in 1492, and nineteenth-century antiquarian William Flinders Petrie, giving his impressions of the Bedouins of the peninsula. French novelist Alexandre Dumas writes of meeting two monks in the desert carrying a letter signed by Napoleon, while others describe crossing the canal at Suez, the ancient inscriptions of Wadi Mukattab, and the harrowing experiences of desert travel.

Sujets

• Egypt
• Travel
• Middle East

Informations

• Publié par: The American University in Cairo Press
• Date de parution: 01 mars 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781617975400
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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The editors and publisher are grateful to the following for permission to use material in this book: Methuen Methuen Publishing Ltd. for permission to use material from Through the Lands of the Bible by H.V. Morton; and Canon John Wilkinson for permission to use material from Egeria’s Travels. Every reasonable effort has been made to contact copyright holders. We apologize and thank any authors or copyright holders who we have not been able to properly acknowledge. If a work in copyright has been inadvertently included, the copyright owner should contact the publisher.
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Contents

Introduction
 
1. To Sinai and Back
      In That Mount Up High, 1425 Anon
      Why People Go There: Pilgrims to Sinai, 1835 Leon Laborde
      A Version of the Story, 1437 Pero Tafur
      A Monk’s Tale, 1836 Joseph Wolff
      The Peninsula of Sinai, 1864 Arthur Penryn Stanley
      The Wadis, 1872 Paul Lenoir
      The Climate, 1873 Murray’s Handbook
      The Foundation of the Convent, 7th century Procopius
      From Jerusalem, 384 Egeria
      The Routes of the Journey, 12th century Peter the Deacon
      Babylon to Mount Sinai, 1322 Sir John Mandeville
      The Routes of the Journey, 1873 Murray’s Handbook
      The Routes of the Journey, 1853 Catherine Tobin
      On the Sinai Road, 1882 Sir Flinders Petrie
      Which Route Did the Israelites Take? 1877 Samuel Manning
      Did They Go This Way at All? 1845 Richard Lepsius
      Mount Sinai! All Change! 1938 Louis Golding
 
2. The Place, the People, and the Travelers
      The Land, 1937 Joan Plowden
      The Land, 1920 Lina Eckenstein
      The Story of the Convent, 1739 Richard Pococke
      The Building of the Convent, 933–40 Said ibn Batrick, Eutychius, Patriarch of Alexandria
      Who Was St. Catherine? 1938 H.V. Morton
      A Building With History, 1865 E.H. Palmer
      The Mountain of Moyses, 1322 Sir John Mandeville
      Moses before the Exodus, 1846 Harriet Martineau
      The People, 1920 Lina Eckenstein
      The People of the Land, 1935 G.W. Murray
      Making a Living, 1860 William Beamont
      A Harsh Life, 1882 Sir Flinders Petrie
      The Arab and the Modern World, 1931 C.S. Jarvis
      The Route Thither and the People Who Followed It 1, 1878 Philip Schaff
      The Route Thither and the People Who Followed It 2, 1937 Joan Plowden
      No Pleasure Trip, 1878 Philip Schaff
      I Could Go On a Journey, 4th century Ammonius
 
3. Preparations for the Journey
      Obtaining Permission, 1843 George Fisk
      Booking 1, 1816 John Lewis Burckhardt
      Booking 2, 1878 Isabella Bird
      Advice, 1906 Baedeker’s Palestine and Syria
      Our Ghafir or Guard, 1762 Carsten Niebuhr
      Sheich Hussein, 1839 John Kinnear
      Companions 1, 1815 William Turner
      Companions 2, 1912 Mary Dobson
      Preparations 1, 1547 Peirre Belon
      Preparations 2, 1835 John Lloyd Stephens
      Preparations 3, 1873 Murray’s Handbook
      Clothing 1, 1873 Murray’s Handbook
      Clothing 2, 1839 John Kinnear
      Clothing 3, 1842 George Fisk
      Preparations 4, 1872 Paul Lenoir
      Preparations 5, 1878 Isabella Bird
      Preparations 6, 1868 C.W. Wilson
      Servants and Staff, 1762 Carsten Niebuhr
   What to Read?
      No Guidebook, 1835 John Lloyd Stephen
      Guided by the Bible, 1846 Lord Lindsay
      Traveling with the Bible, 1823 Joseph Wolff
      Reading Burckhardt, 1843 Stephen Olin
      Reading Laborde, 1937 Joan Plowden
      The Moment of Departure, 1835 Leon de Laborde
 
4. From Cairo to Suez
      Setting Out from Cairo, 1845 W.H. Bartlett
      Cairo from a Camel, 1846 Harriet Martineau
      Donkeys First, 1857 Horatius Bonar
      Camels, Dromedaries, and Bones, 1835 Alexandre Dumas
      A Joyous Start, 1838 Edward Robinson
      Al-Jifar and Its Capital al-Farma, c. 1000 Al-Muqaddasi
      Coming from Gaza, 1835 Alexander Kinglake
      Passing through Sinai, 1326 Ibn Battuta
   To Suez
      A Hard Journey, 1437 Pero Tafur
      Seeing in the Desert, 1820 Sir Frederick Henniker
      This Desert, 1872 Paul Lenoir
      Joining the Caravan, 1815 William Turner
      The Route, 1843 Stephen Olin
      Hardly a Desert, 1852 Charles Didier
      The Parting of the Roads, 1836 Alexandre Dumas
      Trade and Slavery, 1843 Stephen Olin
   Suez—Ancient Clysma
      Clysma, 12th century Peter the Deacon
      The Red Sea and Suez, 1722 The Prefetto of Egypt
      Suez as It Was, 1739 Richard Pococke
      Suez in Decay, 1816 John Lewis Burckhardt
      A Gathering Place, 1835 Leon de Laborde
      The Mecca Caravan, 1835 John Lloyd Stephens
      Sand and Pilgrims, 1853 Catherine Tobin
      The Suez Hotel, 1873 Murray’s Handbook
      Babel, 1881 N.P. Kondokoff
      Onward from Suez by Land, 1861 William Beamont
      The Route of the Exodus? 1838 Edward Robinson
 
5. Routines, Hardships, and Pleasures of the Journey
      Sweet Fish and Huge Desert, 384 Egeria
      In Ancient Times, 1882 Sir Flinders Petrie
      Our Retinue, 1857 Horatius Bonar
      With the Caravan, 1792 Carsten Niebuhr
      Our Caravan, 1872 Paul Lenoir
      Our Guides 1, 1820 Sir Frederick Henniker
      Our Guides 2, 1846 Harriet Martineau
      Our Guides 3: The Celebrated Hussein, 1846 Lord Lindsay
      Our Guides 4, 1857 Horatius Bonar
      The Bedaween, 1878 Isabella Bird
      The People of the Peninsula, 1739 Richard Pococke
      Desert Mornings, 1816 John Lewis Burckhardt
      Our Days, 1868 Francis Conyngham
      The Daily Round, 1860 William Beamont
      Square Meals in the Desert, 1846 Harriet Martineau
      The Health of Desert Life, 1868 Francis Conyngham
      Delusions in the Desert, 1836 Alexandre Dumas
      The End of the Day 1, 1822 John Carne
      The End of the Day 2, 1878 Isabella Bird
      The End of the Day 3, 1878 Philip Schaff
      A Luxurious Camp, 1912 Mary Dobson
      Desert Evening, 1845 W.H. Bar