Bible Atlas (Atlasi Biblik) The Biblical & Historical 132 great maps in 199 pages book

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Introduction

Almost every reader of the Bible will realize that the Scriptures, fromGenesis to Revelation, contain extensive historical materials andinnumerable allusions to the geographical background of that history.

The geographical references range eastward to the Tigris andEuphrates and beyond to Media, Elam, and Parthia – from which camesome of those present at Pentecost – and even to India. Including AsiaMinor, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Arabia, they reach westward beyondGreece and Rome as far as Spain, which Paul visited or hoped to visit,and where we are probably to find Tarshish, towards which Jonah

started his fateful voyage. Between these limits, the Holy Land itself,under its various names – Canaan, the land of Israel, or Palestine – withits immediate neighbors, is at the center of the picture throughout.

It is not surprising, therefore, that an Atlas should be of great help toevery reader of the Bible and particularly every student; but it must be



(Tell el-'Amarna) in Egypt, Ugarit in Syria, Hattusa in Asia Minor,Serabit el-Khadim in Sinai, which are unfamiliar to most Bible readersbut are nonetheless important. There are, too, names of wholepeoples, such as the Hurrians in Mitanni, the Sumerians in the Tigris-Euphrates valley, or the Hittites, with their capital at Hattusa, whichcan be placed on the map as a result of archaeological evidence. Fewand obscure allusions to the Hittites in the Bible would give very littleidea of their real importance. Such peoples as the Hittites are on the

fringe of the Bible story but in a Bible atlas they must be shown as partof the total background. Nevertheless, in all the maps of this Atlas, theBible is central, and their purpose is to throw light on it and relate it toits historical and geographical setting.

Because in many cases a map alone would not do this for the ordinaryreader, it is recommended that the New Oxford Annotated Bible withthe Apocrypha: New Revised Standard Version. Ed. Michael D. Coogan.3rd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press), be used in conjunctionwith this electronic atlas.

The progress of knowledge about the geographical and material



Part One

THE BIBLICAL SETTING



Chapter 1

The Face of theAncient Near East



















Chapter 2

Natural Regions of Palestine





















Chapter 3

Life in Ancient Palestine





Part Two

THEHEBREWBIBLE PERIOD



Chapter 4

Before Abraham











Chapter 5

The World of the Patriarchs



















Chapter 6

The Egyptian Experience



















Chapter 7

The Exodus









Chapter 8

Conquest and Settlement





















































Chapter 9

The Kingdom of David

and Solomon























Chapter 10

The Kingdoms of

Judah and Israel













































Chapter 11

Judah Alone amid

International Powers























Chapter 12

The Babylonian Exile













Chapter 13

The Persian Period















Chapter 14

The Hellenistic Period





















Part Three

THE

NEW TESTAMENT



Chapter 15

Rome's Emergence as a

World Power











Chapter 16

The Romans, Palestine,

and Herod the Great









Chapter 17

The World of Jesus













Chapter 18

The Life and Ministry

of Jesus



























Chapter 19

Early Expansion of

the Church

























Chapter 20

The First Jewish Revolt











Chapter 21

The Early Christian Church













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Bible Atlas (Atlasi Biblik) The Biblical & Historical 132 great maps in 199 pages book