A Guide to the Lands of the Bible

by Hoppe, Leslie J.

• ISBN13: 9780814658864
• ISBN10: 0814658865
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Michael Glazier

Summary

Tourism to Israel is at an all-time high among Christians, the primary reason being a renewed interest in the Bible. This in turn has led to an increase of tourism to other sites that have biblical connections. In A Guide to the Lands of the Bible, Leslie Hoppe, O.F.M., provides a handbook to assist all those planning a visit to the lands of the Bible.

Author Biography

Leslie J. Hoppe, O.F.M., Ph.D., is professor of Old Testament studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He has experience in field archaeology in Israel and has been the academic director of CTU's Israel Study Program. Father Hoppe, an associate editor of The Bible Today and a past editor of that magazine, with The Liturgical Press has recently published The Synagogues and Churches of Ancient Palestine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Preparing for Your Trip	p. 1
Israel: The Setting	p. 7
Geography	p. 7
History	p. 11
Archaeology	p. 13
The Political Scene	p. 22
Israel: The Religious Scene	p. 29
The Jews	p. 29
The Samaritans	p. 34
The Christians	p. 36
The Muslims	p. 48
The Druze	p. 51
The Holy Places	p. 51
Israel: The Preliminaries	p. 54
Arrival	p. 55
General Information	p. 56
Eating Out	p. 58
Shopping	p. 59
Transportation	p. 60
Your Itinerary	p. 62
Israel: Jerusalem	p. 63
History	p. 63
The Old City	p. 66
The City of David	p. 91
Mount Zion	p. 92
The Kidron Valley	p. 94
The Mount of Olives	p. 97
East Jerusalem	p. 101
West Jerusalem	p. 104
Israel: The Jerusalem Area	p. 112
The Judean Hills	p. 112
The Foothills	p. 116
The Jerusalem to Jericho Road	p. 122
The Dead Sea Region	p. 124
Israel: The Negev	p. 131
The Desert Tradition	p. 131
The Southern Desert Region	p. 133
Israel: The Mediterranean Coast	p. 142
Israel: The Galilee	p. 157
Lower Galilee	p. 161
Tiberias and the Valleys	p. 168
Upper Galilee and the Golan	p. 199
The Palestinian National Authority	p. 212
Jordan	p. 231
Egypt	p. 250
General Information	p. 250
An Outline of Egypt's History	p. 252
The Culture of Ancient Egypt	p. 258
Egypt and the Bible	p. 263
The Sinai	p. 264
From Jerusalem to Cairo	p. 271
Cairo and Vicinity	p. 273
Lower Egypt	p. 280
Upper Egypt	p. 281
Greece	p. 289
General Information	p. 289
An Outline of Greek History	p. 289
Ancient Greece and Biblical Studies	p. 291
Athens	p. 294
Central Greece	p. 302
The Peloponnese Peninsula	p. 309
Northern Greece	p. 318
Turkey	p. 322
General Information	p. 322
An Outline of Turkish History	p. 324
Istanbul	p. 327
Aegean Coast	p. 329
The Mediterranean Coast	p. 344
Central Anatolia	p. 348
Glossary	p. 350
List of Illustrations	p. 356
Index of Biblical References	p. 359
Index of Persons	p. 366
Index of Geographical Names	p. 369
Index of Subjects	p. 375
Maps	p. 377
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