The Ivp Atlas of Bible History

by Lawrence, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780830824526
• ISBN10: 0830824529
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Paul Lawrence, Alan Millard, John Walton and Heinrich von Siebenthal take a narrative approach in presenting this atlas, a rich resource of Bible history, geography and archaeology. The atlas traces the main events in the Old and New Testaments from Abraham to Paul. The text includes relief maps, photos, panoramic illustrations, site plans and battle plans. Market/Audience General audience readers in ancient history and Bible background Pastors and Bible teachers Seminary students and professors Features and Benefits Includes nearly 100 superb relief maps. Features over 140 colour photographs. Includes over 20 site plans and panoramic reconstructions. Draws on the latest finds of historians and archaeologists. Includes special features on topics such as the peoples and languages of the Bible throughout the text. Also includes a Scripture index.

Author Biography

Paul Lawrence is research assistant to Honorary Senior Fellow K. A. Kitchen in the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, where he also teaches.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chronology of the Events of the Bible and the Ancient Near East

Map of Israel in Old and New Testament Times

What is the Bible?

Creation

The Flood

Nations and Languages

Languages of the Bible

Mesopotamia

The Patriarchs: The Biblical Evidence

Archaeological Evidence for the Patriarchs

Egypt

Joseph

Moses

The Ten Plagues

The Exodus

The Giving of the Law

The Tabernacle

The Conquest of Transjordan

The Conquest of Canaan: Jericho and Ai

The Conquest of Canaan: The Defeat of the Kings

Evidence of the Conquest of Canaan

The Geography of Canaan

The Climate of Canaan

The Twelve Tribes of Israel

The Judges

The Philistine Threat

The Establishment of the Hebrew Monarchy

David's Conquests

David's Latter Years

Writing

Archives and Libraries of the Ancient World

Solomon

Solomon's Temple

Solomon's Trade

The Division of the Kingdom

The Neighbors of Israel and Judah

The Kings of Israel

The Hebrew Prophets

Assyria: The Threat from the North

The Israelites Exiled

The Kings of Judah

Hezekiah and Sennacherib

Jerusalem Delivered

Warfare and Fortifications

Judah from Manasseh to the Fall of Nineveh

Josiah and the Rise of Babylon

Judah Exiled

The Later Hebrew Prophets

The Trade of Tyre

Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar

The Fall of Babylon and Cyrus's Decree

Rebuilding the Temple

Xerxes and Esther

Ezra and Nehemiah

Alexander the Great and the Spread of Hellenism

The Ptolemies and Seleucids

Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean Wars

The Jews in Egypt

The Jews in the Second and First Centuries BC

The Romans

Herod the Great

Herod the Great Rebuilds the Temple

Amulets and Scrolls

Jesus is Born

The Ministry of Christ: First Year

The Ministry of Christ: Second Year

Jerusalem in New Testament Times

The Ministry of Christ: Final Year

Jesus' Death and the Empty Tomb

The Birth of the Church

Travel in the Roman World

Paul's First Journey: Cyprus and Asia Minor

Paul's Second Journey: Philippi and Thessalonica

Paul's Second Journey: Athens and Corinth

Paul's Third Journey: Ephesus

Paul's Third Journey: From Ephesus to Jerusalem

Paul's Journey to Rome

The Letters of the New Testament

Rome

The Fall of Jerusalem

The Seven Churches of Asia: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum

The Seven Churches of Asia: Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea

The Spread of Christianity

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Gazetteer

Scripture Reference Index

Picture Acknowledgments

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