1851 Roots of Palestinian Arabs

Stephen Olin, D.D., L.L.D., called one of the most noted of American theologians after his extensive travels in the Middle East wrote of the Arabs in Palestine

“…with slight exceptions they (e.g. Arab) are probably all descendants of the old inhabitants of Syria.”

Source: Stephen Olin, TRAVELS THROUGH SYRIA AND EGYPT (New York: Harper & Bros., 1851)