Synopses & Reviews
Reise in den Orient (1846) is the German biblical scholar Constantin von Tischendorf's recollection of his journey to Egypt, Israel and Greece at the beginning of the 1840s. The work is a travel diary that vividly describes Tischendorf's meeting with mythological places and impressive men, and a learned account of the Christian history of the area. Volume 1 describes his encounter with Ibrahim Pasha and the humanism of Mehmet Ali. Tischendorf undertakes research in the Library of the Patriarch of Alexandria and visits the pyramids, only to compare them with one of the great German cathedrals. At the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai, Tischendorf makes an extraordinary and significant discovery - a fourth-century manuscript, one of the main witnesses to the Septuagint. Thereafter he sets off for Jerusalem and en route takes delight in the fascinating and ancient traditions of the Bedouins, and their camels.
Synopsis
Tischendorf describes his journey to Egypt and Israel in a work that is part travel diary and part historical account.
Synopsis
In this volume of his Reise in den Orient (1846) Tischendorf describes his travels to Egypt and Israel at the beginning of the 1840s. The highpoint of the journey is the biblical scholar's visit to the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai and the groundbreaking discovery he makes there.
Synopsis
The German biblical scholar Tischendorf's recollection of his journey to Egypt, Israel and Greece at the beginning of the 1840s.
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Brief an meinen bruder vor der abreise von Livorno; Malta am 26 März 1844; Alexandrien am 6 April; Cairo am 12 April; Mehemed Ali; Cairo am 8 Mai; Besuch bei Ibrahim Bascha; Klosterwanderungen in Cairo; Der griechische Patriarch von Alexandrien; Die Pyramiden; Besuch bie den orientalischen frauen; Die koptischen klöster der libnschen Wüste; Memphis und Heliopolis; Expedition nach Altcairo; Abbotts Alterthümer; Reise zum Sina; Von Cairo bis Suez; Suez; Zug der Israeliten durchs rothe meer; Von Ajin Musa nach dem Sinai; Der Sinae und sein kloster; Der Pfingstmorgen auf dem Sinai; Ueber die Geschichte des klosters; Abschied vom Sinai; Rückfehr vom Sinae nach Cairo; Reise nach Jerusalem; Ankunft in Jerusalem; Jerusalem. Volume 2: Das heilige Grab; Von Jerusalems einwohnern; Das anglikanische Bisthum zu Jerusalem; Klöster in und um Jerusalem; Der stebente Trinitatissonntag; Glaubenszumuthungen in Jerusalem; Noch einige Grinnerungen im neuen Jerusalem ans alte; Bethlehem; Bethanien; Schrieben an eine hohe Gönnerin über mein biblischkritisches unternehmen; Von Jerusalem nach Nazareth; Nazareth; Der Carmel; St. Jean d'Acre; Ausflug über Ephesus nach Patmos; Reise nach Constantinopel; Ein Ritt durch Constantinopel; Die Bibliotheken; Abschied von Constantinopel; Reise nach Griechenland.