Title: The sarcophagus of an ancient civilization; Petra, Edom and the Edomites,
Authors: Robinson, George L. 1864-1958.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company,
Year: 1930
Subjects: Edomites.; Petra (Extinct city); Edom (Kingdom)
Contents: Introduction / by Dr. W.F. Albright -- I. Petra. The discovery of Petra -- The approach to Petra / by Howard S Bliss -- The Petra District -- The suburbs of Petra -- The Sîk -- Petra, a city of altars and sacrifice / by George E. Post -- The Khazneh mausoleum -- The lure of the long ago / by Anna Jessup -- The monuments of Petra -- The great high place -- Other sanctuaries of Petra -- The vaulted chambers of Petra's high places -- Ancient high places in the Old Testament -- II. Edom. The land of Edom -- The geology of Edom / by Alfred E. Day -- The botany Edom and Moab / by George E. Post -- Bozrah -- Kadesh-Barnea -- Jabal Nari Harûn -- Mt. Hor(?) -- The true Mt. Hor -- Jabal Maderah -- The attitude of the present day Arab to the shrine of "Mt. Hor" / Stewart Crawford -- III. Edomites. Esau, the father of Edom -- The Horite aborigines of Edom -- The generation of Esau -- Edom's loss of independence -- Edom's struggle to regain nationality -- The history of the Idumæans -- The history of the Nabateans -- The background of the Book of Job -- Edom in prophecy -- Appendices. The literature of pioneer explorers -- The author's repeated visits to Petra -- Esau's wives -- The country of the Nabateans, according to Diodorus Siculus -- The Nabateans, according to Diodorus Siculus -- Strabo's description of the Nabateans -- The Nabateans of Aramæan origin, according to De Quatremère -- Petra and Palmyra -- Indexes. Index of subject matter -- Index of scripture passages.