John Kitto

John Kitto
Født		4. des. 1804[1] Plymouth
Død		25. nov. 1854[1] (49 år) Stuttgart
Beskjeftigelse		Teolog, skribent
Barn		John Fenwick Kitto[2]
Nasjonalitet		Det forente kongerike Storbritannia og Irland
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John Kittos Palestine: the Physical Geography and Natural History of the Holy Land, (1841) tittelsiden

John Kitto (født 4. desember 1804 i Plymouth i England, død 25. november 1854 i Cannstatt i kongeriket Württemberg i Det tyske forbund) var en engelsk forfatter.

Liv og virke

Kitto vokste opp under vanskelige omstendigheter og mistet hørselen i sitt trettende år.

Han ble i 1825 ansatt ved et trykkeri og fikk anledning til å fortsette sine studier. Han viet seg deretter til forfatterskap innen de bibelske hjelpevitenskapers, særlig den bibelske topografis, område.

Verker

Kitto publiserte skriftene The Pictorial Bible (1838; 2. opplag 1855), The Lost Senses (1845), Daily Bible Illustrations (2 bind, 1849–1853).

• Uncle Oliver's travels in Persia (1838)
• The Pictorial History of Palestine and The Holy Land including a Complete History of the Jews (1839–40)

Vol. I. Biblical History.^[3]

Vol. II. Biblical History, Continued. Natural History And Geography.^[4]

• Palestine: the Physical Geography and Natural History of the Holy Land, Illustrated with Woodcuts (1841)^[5]
• The History of Palestine, From the Patriarchal Age to the Present Time (Textbook 1843)^[6]
• The Gallery of Scripture Engravings (1843)
• A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature (appeared in two volumes in 1843–1845 and edited under his superintendence);^[7][8]
• The Lost Senses: Deafness And Blindness (1845)^[9]
• Ancient Jerusalem (1846)
• Modern Jerusalem (1847)
• The Olive, Vine and Palm (1848)
• The Court and People of Persia (1848)
• The Tabernacle and its Furniture (1849)
• Daily Bible Illustrations (8 vols. 1849–1853)^[10]
• The Bible history of the Holy Land (1850)^[11]
• Domestic Arrangements of the Orientals (1853)
• The Pictorial Bible – being the Old and New Testaments according to authorized versions. Illustrated with Steel Engravings and Woodcuts representing landscape scenes, and subjects of natural history, costume and antiquities with Original Notes by John Kitto, D.D., F.S.A. – New edition, with additional notes, based on discoveries of recent travellers (4 volume set); London: W & R Chambers (1866)

Referanser

1. ^ Social Networks and Archival Context, SNAC Ark-ID w60g5szm, besøkt 9. oktober 2017^{[Hentet fra Wikidata]}
2. Ancestry, www.ancestry.co.uk, besøkt 8. januar 2022^{[Hentet fra Wikidata]}
3. Kitto, John (1844). The Pictorial History of Palestine and the Holy Land, Including a Complete History of the Jews, Volume 1. C. Knight. 
4. Kitto, John (1844). The Pictorial History of Palestine and the Holy Land, Including a Complete History of the Jews, Volume 2. C. Knight. 
5. Kitto, John (1841). Palestine: the Physical Geography and Natural History of the Holy Land, Illustrated with Woodcuts. - London, Knight 1841. CHARLES KNIGHT AND CO., LUDGATE STREET. 
6. KITTO, John (1851). The History of Palestine from the Patriarchal age to the present time; with introductory chapters on the geography and natural history of the Country and on the customs and institutions of the Hebrews. Adapted to the purposes of tuition by A. Reid. ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH. 
7. Kitto, John (1851). The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature. 1 (10 utg.). Newman & Ivison. 
8. Kitto, John (1851). The Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature. 2 (10 utg.). Newman & Ivison. 
9. Kitto, John (1845). The Lost Senses: Deafness And Blindness. ISBN 9781497903258. 
10. Kitto, John (1856). Daily Bible Illustrations: Being Original Readings for a Year, on Subjects Relating to Sacred History, Biography, Geography, Antiquities, and Theology ; Especially Designed for the Family Circle (3 utg.). William Oliphant and Sons. 
11. «Kitto's Scripture Atlas». www.files.maproom.org.