Gil Gordon (Ph. D.), Architect & Town Planner
Academic research and publications
  • G. Gordon, 'Roofs flying in the Wind :The introduction  of the Marseille roof-tile and and the Brick industry in Palestine in the late 19th century', Zmanim  96,Tel-Aviv 2006, pp. 58-67 (Hebrew)  
  • G. Gordon, 'From a Missionary Station to a Neighborhood: The Development of the Schneller ‘Syrian Orphanage’ Compound in Jerusalem in the Late Ottoman  Era,” Cathedra 128, Jerusalem 2008, pp. 73-100 (Hebrew).
  • G. Gordon, 'The best one in the Black Art: The Print-shop of Schneller's German Protestant  Mission in Palestine in the late Ottoman Period', Cathedra 138, Jerusalem 2010, pp. 83-110 (Hebrew)
  • G. Gordon, 'The Discovery and Preservation of the Syrian-Orphanage (Schneller) Altar in Jerusalem', Cathedra 144, Jerusalem 2012, pp. 137-154 (Hebrew)             
  • G. Gordon, ' Notes on the Public-Library of the Syrian-Orphanage Protestant Mission in Jerusalem', Cathedra 145, Jerusalem 2012, pp. 203-204 (Hebrew)
  • G. Gordon, The Schnellers' German Mission of Jerusalem vs. Zionist Land-dealers in  the Judean Plain (1886-1906)' in K. Bahatav, A. Zeltser &  D. Bar (ed.),'Town under research: Historical Geography studies  of Jerusalem,  Jerusalem 2011, pp.149-183 (Hebrew)
  • G. Gordon, 'European Building-Sites in the Orient as a Multi-cultural arena: Two Documents from the Schneller Compound in Jerusalem (1899-1910), Cathedra 159, Jerusalem 2016, pp. 57-88 [Hebrew]                
  • G. Gordon, 'A Canary in the bedroom: The Schneller Protestant Mission and the Beginning  of Education for the Blind in the Holy Land during the Late Ottoman Period', Cathedra 151, Jerusalem 2014, 101-132 [Hebrew]
  •  G. Gordon, 'Welcome Ceremony to the   Prince Heinrich of Prussia in Colonia (1890), Etmol 211, Jerusalem 2010, pp. 16-19 [Hebrew].

  • G. Gordon, 'War broke out!' a report from a German eye-witness in Palestine, August 1914', Etmol  227, Jerusalem 2012, pp. 13-16 [Hebrew] 
  • G. Gordon, 'Generals in the Orphanage: Bir Salem (the Spohn Farm) during the Great War, Zmanim 126, (Tel Aviv, Spring 2014), 58-71 [Hebrew]
  • Gordon Gil, 'Die Schneller Dynastie - Drei Generationen  protestantischer Missionsarbeit im Orient', in  Goren H. & Eisler J. (Hg.), Deutschland  und Deutsche  in Jerusalem, Eine Konferenz in Mishkenot Sha'ananim, März 2007, Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem 2011, 117-136. Press here
  • Gordon Gil, 'Erhaltungsplan für das Gelände des Syrischen Waisenhauses', Mit Ehren ihr eigen Brot essen (Sonderausstellung im Ostereimuseum),Gemeinde Sonnenbühl 2002,  33-35 Press here
  • Gordon Gil, 'Die Schneller Dynastie - Drei Generationen  protestantischer Missionsarbeit im Orient', in: Blätter für württembergische Kirchengeschichte, 111, Stuttgart 2011, 105 - 122 Press here
  • Gordon Gil, 'The Schneller Family: the Longest  Protestant  Missionary Dynasty in the Orient' ( self publication ) Press here
  • G. Gordon, 'German Engines and British Engines: On Agents and Commercial Competition in Palestine during the late Ottoman Period' , Cathedra 181, Jerusalem 2022, pp. 31-58 [Hebrew] Press here
  • G. Gordon, 'A German and a Scot stood on a  ridge: The History of the Schneller Compound in Nazareth (1904-1948)', in A. Goldstein et. al, New Studies on Galilee, no. IV, Tel-Hai 2024, pp. 179-200  (Hebrew).
 
 
 
Ph. D ( History )
G. Gordon, 'Agent of change in a foreign land: The contribution of the Syrian Orphanage Mission Organization  (Schneller) to the material culture of the Land of Israel  at the end of the Ottoman period', a Thesis submitted for the Degree 'Doctor of Philosophy' in History, University of Haifa, 2012 [Hebrew].
 
M. Sc. (Town Planning)
G. Gordon, 'The Development and decay of an historic Site in a City: the Schneller
(Syrian Orphanage) Compond in Ottoman Jerusalem (1855-1914)', a Thesis submitted for  the Masters Degree in Town & Regional Planning in the Technion –Haifa, 1988 [Hebrew]. Won the Braslavsky Academy Prize.
גיל גורדון אדריכל ומתכנן ערים  .Gil Gordon Architect & Urban Planner Ph. D
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