Talk:Gustaf Dalman

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"Palestine ethnographers" category needed[edit]

I have opened a discussion here. Arminden (talk) 19:58, 14 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Palestinologist"[edit]

Wiki defines Palestinology as synonymous to biblical archaeology, and Dalman was, as far as I can tell, not an archaeologist, biblical or otherwise. I have now removed the category "Palestinologist". If the Wiki definition is extended (which I don't support), the category can be reintroduced here. For more on the topic see the discussion mentioned in the topic here-above. Arminden (talk) 12:35, 16 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The Category is self-explanatory. It defines a "Palestinologist" as "an academic or scholar who specializes in the study of the region known as Palestine, in any aspect (history, nature, etc.)." Since the vast majority of Dalman's publications have to do with Palestine (plants, farming, culture, etc.), besides having written his magnum opus "Arbeit und Sitte in Palastina" [Work and Customs in Palestine] 1937, a seven-volume masterpiece on the cultural aspects of Palestine, and having been the chief editor of an academic journal in Jerusalem entitled Palästina-Jahrbuch (PJB), there is no question in my mind that Dalman fits this category very well.Davidbena (talk) 21:39, 16 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

One more thing: If there should be any doubt about Gustaf Dalman as an avid Palestinologist, see pages 80–ff. in the following Jerusalem Quarterly (issue 82).Davidbena (talk) 14:14, 19 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]