Jerome Murphy-O’Connor passed away today in Jerusalem. A Dominican priest and author of many books, Murphy-O’Connor is best known to many visitors of Israel for The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700. This excellent guide has been published in five editions beginning in 1980 with the most recent update in 2008.
HT: Paleojudaica
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Second edition, 1986
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Third edition, 1992
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Fourth edition, 1998
Fifth edition, 2008