Barbara McKean Parmenter has noted that the Arabs of Palestine have been credited with the preservation of the original Semitic place names of many sites mentioned in the Bible, as was documented by the American geographer Edward Robinson in the 19th century.
Barbara McKean Parmenter har gjort opmærksom på, at araberne i Palæstina har bevaret de oprindelige semitiske stednavne som er nævnt i Bibelen for de steder, som blev dokumenteret af den amerikanske arkæolog Edward Robinson i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede.