Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

752 EXPLORATION IN BIBLE LANDS
time of Abraham. And our understanding of the worship
of the Moon-god, in the family of Terah, so important for
the history of Hebrew religion, could scarcely ever have
become so exact as at present, were it not for the discovery
of the many South Arabian inscriptions by the two intrepid
and successful explorers Halevy and Glasen