After a visit in Easter week of 1912, Archdeacon Dowling gathered what was known of Gaza’s history: its place in the Old and New Testaments, its sieges from the Pharaohs to the Crusaders, its frankincense trade, coins, Jewish and Samaritan communities, and the Christian missions of his own day. The book is a chronicle of a frontier city fought over for three and a half thousand years.
A useful early survey for readers curious about the deep history behind a city often in the news. Download the free EPUB.