The Dead Sea. Bethlehem. The Sea of Galilee. Jericho. Babylon. Cairo. These are but a few of the places visited by these courageous writers in the Travels through the Bible Lands Collection (15 Vols.). During the turn of the nineteenth century, traveling to and across the Holy Land was a dangerous and arduous journey for a Westerner. These diverse explorers–missionaries, writers, cartographers, theologians, ethnographers, diplomats, archeologists–risk the danger to trek the deserts between Egypt and Turkey, survey the caves of the Dead Sea, dig in the dirt of Babylon, fight disease in Beirut, spread the gospel in Turkey, and stand in awe of the pyramids of Egypt.

Arranged in chronological order, Thomas Wright has collected and put forth into one exciting volume nine travelogues from nine adventurous explorers. Dating from the seventh century to the late seventeenth century, these voyagers provide valuable and varying observations of the land and people of the Holy Land, providing fascinating perspectives from their diverse eras.