Discusses how Palestine became a Holy Land to Christians and how Christian ideas and feelings towards the land of the Bible evolved as they lived there and made it their own. Wilken draws on primary texts and archaeological evidence and covers the period up to the 7th century.

Discusses how Palestine became a Holy Land to Christians and how Christian ideas and feelings towards the land of the Bible evolved as they lived there and made it their own. Wilken draws on primary texts and archaeological evidence and covers the period up to the 7th century.