Holman Quick Source Guide : Atlas of Bible Lands

by Wright, Paul H.

• ISBN13: 9780805428322
• ISBN10: 0805428321
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: B&H

Summary

Unlike sacred books of the world's other great religions, the Bible contains accounts of real people living in real places. God's decision to wrap His message around mankind's experiences with rock, soil, and water, is both mind-boggling and humbling. It also suggests that a full understanding of God's revelation cannot be had without an appreciation of the physical context in which that revelation was given.

The Holman QuickSource Guide: Atlas of Bible Lands packs an amazing amount of information about the physical context of biblical events into a book that's easy to carry and easy to use. Those who have used maps in Bible study never want to be without them. Now with this colorful, easy-to-carry QuickSource Atlas, there's no need ever to be far from a large collection of Bible maps. The 100+ maps illuminate the geographical context of:
-- Abraham's journeys
-- The miraculous deliverance of Israel from Egypt under Moses' leadership
-- Joshua's conquest of Canaan
-- David's uniting Israel as one nation
-- The division of the kingdom after the

Author Biography

Paul H. Wright is director of Jerusalem University College (Institute of Holy Land Studies). He is a graduate of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A.), Institute of Holy Land Studies (M.A.), and Hebrew Union College (Ph.D.). Dr. Wright has been a resident of Jerusalem for eight years and travels extensively across the Middle East lecturing on the geography of Bible lands

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(1)
The Ancient Near East	6	(3)
Palestine	9	(64)
Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine	9	(1)
Modern States and the Ancient Near East	10	(3)
Cross Sectional Views of Longitudinal Zones	13	(2)
Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine	15	(1)
International Routes	16	(4)
Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea	20	(1)
Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns	21	(6)
Mediterranean Coastline	27	(8)
Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon	35	(2)
Jerusalem in the New Testament Period	37	(1)
Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, Jordan Valley, Gilead	38	(9)
Northern Coastal Plains, Jezreel Valley, Galilee and Bashan	47	(11)
The Ministry of Jesus Around the Sea of Galilee	58	(15)
Maps of Bible Lands	73	(87)
The Table of Nations	73	(1)
The Migration of Abraham	74	(1)
Abraham in Canaan	75	(1)
Travels of Jacob	76	(1)
The Journeys of Joseph	77	(1)
The Route of the Exodus	78	(1)
Journey of the Spies	79	(1)
Kadesh Barnea	80	(1)
The Journey from Kadesh Barnea to the Plains of Moab	81	(1)
Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns	82	(1)
Joshua's Northern Campaign	83	(1)
Limits of Israelite Settlement and the Land to Be Conquered	84	(1)
The Tribal Allotments of Israel	85	(1)
Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge	86	(1)
The Judges of Israel	87	(1)
Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites	88	(1)
Deborah's Victory over the Canaanites	89	(1)
Gideon's Battles with the Amalekites	90	(1)
Jephthah and the Ammonites	91	(1)
Samson and the Philistines	92	(1)
The Battle at Ebenezer	93	(1)
Ministry of Samuel and Anointing of Saul	94	(1)
The Kingdom of Saul and His Wars	95	(1)
David's Flight from Saul	96	(1)
David's Rise to Power	97	(1)
David's Wars of Conquest	98	(1)
Kingdom of David and Solomon	99	(1)
Solomon's Economic Enterprises	100	(1)
Solomon's Building Activities	101	(1)
Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon	102	(1)
The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah	103	(1)
The Campaign of Shishak and Rehoboam's Defense Lines	104	(1)
Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus	105	(1)
The Omride Dynasty	106	(1)
Elijah and Elisha	107	(1)
The Revolt of Jehu	108	(1)
The Rise of Assyria	109	(1)
Israel and Judah in the Days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah	110	(1)
The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III	111	(1)
The Syro-Ephraimite War	112	(1)
Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns	113	(1)
The Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites	114	(1)
Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria	115	(1)
Prophets of the Eighth Century	116	(1)
Hezekiah's Preparation for Revolt	117	(1)
Hezekiah's Jerusalem	118	(1)
Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah	119	(1)
Assyrian Supremacy in the Seventh Century	120	(1)
The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire	121	(1)
The Reign of Josiah	122	(1)
Nebuchadnezzar's Campaigns Against Judah	123	(1)
Judah during the Exile	124	(1)
Jewish Exiles in Babylonia	125	(1)
Jewish Refugees in Egypt	126	(1)
The Conquests of Cyrus the Great	127	(1)
The Returns of Jewish Exiles to Judah	128	(1)
The Province of Judah and Nehemiah's Enemies in the Fifth Century	129	(1)
Alexander the Great's Empire	130	(1)
The Roman Empire in the Age of Augustus	131	(1)
Roman Rule in Palestine	132	(1)
The Kingdom of Herod the Great	133	(1)
Herod's Building Program	134	(1)
The Division of Herod's Kingdom	135	(1)
Palestine in the Time of Jesus	136	(1)
Jesus Birth and Early Childhood	137	(1)
John the Baptizer	138	(1)
Galilee in the Time of Jesus	139	(1)
The Ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee	140	(1)
The Ministry of Jesus beyond Galilee	141	(1)
Jesus' Journeys from Galilee to Judea	142	(1)
Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem	143	(1)
Jerusalem in the New Testament Period	144	(1)
The Passion Week in Jerusalem	145	(1)
The Kingdom of Herod Agrippa I	146	(1)
Second Procuratorship and the Kingdom of Agrippa II	147	(1)
Pentecost and the Jewish Diaspora	148	(1)
Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine	149	(1)
Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry	150	(1)
The First Missionary Journey of Paul	151	(1)
The Second Missionary Journey of Paul	152	(1)
The Third Missionary Journey of Paul	153	(1)
Paul's Arrest and Imprisonment	154	(1)
Paul's Voyage to Rome	155	(1)
The First Jewish Revolt	156	(1)
Titus's Campaigns/The Siege of Jerusalem	157	(1)
Revelaton 2-3	158	(1)
The Expansion of Christianity in the Second and Third Centuries A.D.	159	(1)
Photo and Art Credits	160