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Palestinology
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English
Etymology
From en Palestine ology.
Noun
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en now chiefly historical The academic study of Biblical archaeology in the Holy Land.
en 1991 Daniel Levine The Birth of the Irgun Zvai Leumi: A Jewish Liberation Movement 56 In his second year he continued under the same professors and participated in an extensive course in Palestinology with Prof. Samuel Klein.
en 2012 James B. Pritchard Archaeology and the Old Testament 57 Robinson became the founder of modern Palestinology. The account of his journey of 1838, Biblical Researches in Palestine, received from the Royal Geographical Society of London their Patron's Gold Medal,
en 2020 Emmet Sweeney The Theban Empire 3 176 The field of knowledge in which Hori claimed to be an authority was Palestinology. The contents of the missive show that Hori certainly knew his stuff.
Related terms
en Palestinological
en Palestinologist