Palestinology

English

Etymology

From Palestine +‎ -ology.

Noun

Palestinology (uncountable)

1. (now chiefly historical) The academic study of Biblical archaeology in the Holy Land.
   • 1991, Daniel Levine, The Birth of the Irgun Zvai Leumi: A Jewish Liberation Movement, page 56:

     In his second year he continued under the same professors and participated in an extensive course in Palestinology with Prof. Samuel Klein.

   • 2012, James B. Pritchard, Archaeology and the Old Testament, page 57:

     Robinson became the founder of modern Palestinology. The account of his journey of 1838, Biblical Researches in Palestine, received from the Royal Geographical Society of London their Patron's Gold Medal, […]

   • 2020, Emmet Sweeney, The Theban Empire, volume 3, page 176:

     The field of knowledge in which Hori claimed to be an authority was Palestinology. The contents of the missive show that Hori certainly knew his stuff.

Related terms

• Palestinological
• Palestinologist