تاريخ سورية ولبنان وفلسطين

by Philip K. Hitti, جورج مرعي حداد (ترجمة), عبد الكريم رافق (ترجمة)

A brilliant history of the land into which more historical and cultural events were croweded than perhaps into any area of equal size. For Syria has either invented or transmitted to mankind such benefits as monotheistic religion, philosophy, law, trade, agriculture, and our allphabet.

Table of Contents

The Pre-Literary Age (5 chapters)
Ancient Semitic Times (11 chapters)
The Greco-Roman Period (13 chapters)
The Arab Era (18 chapters)
Under the Ottoman Turks (3 chapters)

Genres: History, Middle East

886 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1951

About the author

Philip K. Hitti (1886-1978) was a Lebanese historian who was instrumental in establishing the field of Near Eastern Studies in the United States.

Category: Great Scholars and Teachers
Year At AUB: 1908
Education: AUB, BA 1908; Columbia University, PhD

Philip Hitti was born in the village of Shemlan in 1886. He graduated from the American University of Beirut with first honors in 1908, teaching there for several years as the University’s first Lebanese professor. He departed for the US, where he studied at Columbia, becoming the first Lebanese, and the first native-born Arab speaker, to receive a PhD in the US in 1915. In 1926 he moved to Princeton, founding the first program of Middle Eastern Studies in the US, which he chaired until his retirement in 1954. Under Hitti’s leadership Princeton became the premier center for Islamic studies in the West and was one of the pioneers of the concept of area studies. He was also a prolific writer, and his seminal book, History of the Arabs, published in 1937, is in its 11th edition. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of AUB, the recipient of innumerable awards from the governments of the Arab countries, and received numerous heads of State in his home including the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran and Lebanon.

Reviews

[Raja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prof. Hitti's knowledge of Syrian history (the geographic area roughly coinciding with the western half of the Fertile Crescent) coupled with his writing skills produced one of my favorite history books. This book expounds on the religious, political, geographic, demographic, linguistic, ethnic and economic peculiarities of the region within the time frame allotted it. It also focuses on how these peculiarities diffused across the globe, and how they themselves were impacted by foreign influences.

Given this intimidating project, it is a wonder how Hitti managed to keep the book light and engaging.

All in all, a great book!

[Ela Uleyyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

كتاب متسلسل لتاريخ سوريا الطبيعية من العصور الحجرية وحتى الإسلام، شامل لجوانب الاستيطان والصناعة والتجارة ومظاهر الحياة والأديان خلال هذه العصور.

[Ksenia Bannykh · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5: очень трудно читать - думаю, по причине огромного количества информации, о которой обычный смертный знает очень мало. Гигантский поток имен, событий может испугать не особо мотивированного читателя, но книга стоит усилий. Что мне понравилось:
- во-первых, я наконец смогла как-то структурировать своих знания: что за чем шло и как это все связано, тк ранее у меня был более-менее приличный объем информации только по персидскому и греческому периоду этого региона, все остальное - как в тумане и в беспорядке. Думаю, что вернусь к книге еще раз и перечитаю часть до начала мусульманского периода
- во-вторых, огромное количество интересной информации о христианстве: именно здесь я узнала о "земле ханаанской", почему Вельзевула зовут Вельзевулом, откуда пошел золотой телец, где "корни" херувимов и т.д. - просто кладезь
- в0-третьих, у меня появилось хоть какое-то понятие о возникновении ислама и разделении на шиитов и суннитов, а также я смогла наконец оценить свое путешествие в Ирак с посещение Кербалы и мечети имама Али, а также историю крестоносцев.

Подводя итог, хочу выразить восхищение автором за его смелость в написании книги, охватывающей историю нескольких десятков веков, - поистине подвиг достойный Геракла.

[Matthew Ferry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, although the author makes the error of assuming the reader has prior knowledge of the content before picking-up this book.

[Ur Salem]

“The Arabian peninsula is the origin of all the Semites.”
― Philip K. Hitti, History of Syria Including Lebanon and Palestine

[Munir · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book might be a reference to know the history of the Syrians.