The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour

BYU Studies Quarterly Volume 37 | Issue 4 Article 4 10-1-1997 The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour BYU Studies Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq Recommended Citation Studies, BYU (1997) "The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 37 : Iss. 4 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol37/iss4/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the All Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in BYU Studies Quarterly by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact , . Studies: The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour the holy land A premodern photo tour the following photographic essay presents a series of rare vistas from jerusalem and palestine photographed about a century ago more changes have occurred in the holy land in the last one hundred years than in the previous two thousand pictures such as pre modem era of the land of these take the viewer back into the premodern israel their unpaved streets and simple landscapes are the same that greeted president george A smith and his party on their visit sec see journal of discourses 1693 102 to the holy land in 1873 see or that surrounded orson hyde as he prayed on the mount of olives in 1841 history of the church 4455 59 these scenes are probably close to the general surroundings experienced daily by jesus and his early disciples most of these photographs come from a book printed in berlin in 1926 by karl grober entitled palestine and syria the country the people and the landscape donated in 1998 to the harold B lee library by dr james K lyon at the conclusion of his mission in the netherlands in late 1925 professor lyons father T edgar lyon and two other recently released missionaries traveled to the middle east before returning to the united states on their way they encountered little besides nomadic shepherds living in black wool tents girls herding sheep simple methods of agriculture and a simple diet modem conveniences were few thus began the lifelong friendship of T edgar lyon with the holy land in 1927 on his twenty fourth birthday his father david R lyon gave him this book as a gift it is now part of the BYU collection and held in the library at the BYU jerusalem center Gr obers photographs portray life in the holy land before it fell prey to the forces of modernization professor lyon comments it seems to me that these photos may present a fairly accurate reflection of external living conditions that probably had not BYU YU studies 3 7 no 4 199 1997 BYU 7798 98 199798 Published by BYU ScholarsArchive, 1997 65 1 BYU Studies Quarterly, Vol. 37, Iss. 4 [1997], Art. 4 byustudies BYU Studies 66 changed significantly since the time of the savior my hope is that they convey strong impressions to viewers and that from them modern eyes may gain a sense of some of the physical circumstances in which the greatest spiritual teachings of all times arose added to Gr obers photographs are three others the picture of golgotha was taken in 1993 by john W welch the views of the village meeting and the terraced hill hillsides sides outside jerusalem belong to the madam lydia mary olive von finkelstein mamreov mountford collection donated to the BYU photo archives in 1977 when lydia mountford an early twentieth century star of the stage visited jerusalem with her entourage in 1903 she took with her a eills euls johnson a son euis utah photographer charles ellis in law of brigham soninlaw young even though many of his two thousand photographs discovered in san jose in the 1970s by nelson wadsworth are spontaneous tourist shots some of them capture significant scenes and historical social settings altogether these pictures take us where no traveler can go today we may stand on the same spot and look out in the same direction but the world of the new testament is now obscured forever behind the billboards pavements and other facades of modernism if we have clear historical bearings and a knack for imagination however these pictures take us a long way back into the lands of the bible they have been selected and arranged below as a journey through the life of the saviorjesus savior jesus christ 1 NOTE for more information on lydia mountford see thomas alexander things in heaven and earth tue the life and times 0off wilford woodruff a mormon prophet salt lake city signature books 1991 32429 324 29 https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol37/iss4/4 2 Studies: The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour 7 Z .00 .44 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