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.

Renowned travel writer Caroline Hazard’s A Brief Pilgrimage in the Holy Land is a unique record of her year abroad during a sabbatical from Wellesley College. Each chapter is titled after a location she visited and is prefaced with a sonnet those locations inspired. Along with her poetry and the recounting of her travels, Hazard includes photographs and original paintings.