C.C. McCown offers estimate of Palestine population.

Date
1947
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
C.C. McCown
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Secondary
Reference

C.C. McCown, "The Density of Population in Ancient Palestine," Journal of Biblical Literature (December 1947): 436

Scribe/Publisher
Journal of Biblical Literature
People
C.C. McCown
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

With the Jewish population in the Decapolis, the Shephelah, and the coastal cities, the total would fall below, rather than above Harnack's estimate of 500,000. The total population of western Palestine would fall far under 1,000,000.

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