This book which presents in amplified form the lectures delivered before the Union theological seminary in 1903 “treats of the progress made in the art of identifying sites, of the shifting point of view of travellers of different times, of Edward Robinson, Renan and his contemporaries, and of the Palestine Exploration fund and the exploration of the future.” (Am. Hist. R.)
Am. Hist. R. 11: 728. Ap. ’06. 80w.
“The work, as a whole, is written in an admirable spirit. Justice is done to the labors of each writer mentioned, though Dr. Bliss does not hesitate to mete out fair criticism to each when it seems necessary. The book contains an occasional misprint.” George A. Barton.
+ + – Am. J. Theol. 10: 581. Jl. ’06. 580w.
“His tone is scholarly and his criticism remarkably just and well balanced. In a future edition Dr. Bliss might correct some misprints.”
+ + – Ath. 1906, 1: 790. Je. 30. 1340w. + Bib. World. 27: 399. My. ’06. 90w.
“An ambitious work covering in small compass a large tract of history.”
+ Dial. 41: 211. O. 1, ’06. 160w.
“The book is full of important information, not only for the Bible student, but also for the modern traveller, who incidentally receives some good advice.”