Record Number: 29984

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[...]the Old Testament (Psalms almost by heart] and Renan's "Histoire du Peuple d'Israel" was the sum of my knowledge of Jewry until the year 1917, an ignorance which Providence was pleased to mitigate for me in middle life.'

[In a footnote Storrs adds 'I read him [Renan] again in Jerusalem: a little out of date but very stimulating ...]'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 1917

Country:

Palestine

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Jerusalem

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ronald Storrs

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Nov 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

diplomat (colonial civil servant) and army officer

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Palestine

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ernest Renan

Title:

Histoire du Peuple d'Israel

Genre:

Other religious, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1887-1893

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29984

Source:

Print

Author:

Ronald Storrs

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Orientations

Place of Publication:

London (Readers Union Edn.)

Date of Publication:

1939 (1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

351-2

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 351-2, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29984, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None