The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Bible Lands

by Hull, Caroline; Jotischky, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780141026879
• ISBN10: 0141026871
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-30
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Bible Lands charts the fascinating history of the peoples and cultures of the biblical lands, from prehistory to the present day. While the main focus is on the events depicted in the Old and the New Testaments, the Atlas uniquely places the Bible in its historical context by examining earlier developments in such as the emergence of farming and of the first empires in the region, and by continuing after the biblical period to explore the Islamic conquests, the Crusades, the British Mandate and the current struggle between Israelis and Palestinians. Coverage of the familiar events of one of the world's greatest books is supplemented by features on the alphabet (a Canaanite development), the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Zionist movement, as well as by site studies of Jericho, Lachish, Masada and others.

Author Biography

Caroline Hull has taught art history and medieval history at the universities of Manchester and Lancaster.

Andrew Jotischky is senior lecturer in medieval history at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. He is the author of several books on medieval monasticism and the Crusades.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Text and Archaeology	p. 8
Timeline	p. 10
Early History: The Bible Lands Before the Bible	p. 12
From Hunter-Gatherers to Farmers	p. 18
The First Empires of the Middle East	p. 20
The Canaanites	p. 22
The Alphabet	p. 24
Egypt and the Middle East	p. 26
The Old Testament	p. 28
The Wanderings of Abraham	p. 34
The Land of Canaan	p. 36
Conjectured Routes of the Exodus	p. 38
The Hebrew Conquests	p. 40
Jericho	p. 42
Beersheba	p. 44
The Sea Peoples and the Philistines	p. 46
Tribal Divisions in the Age of the Judges	p. 48
The Kingdom of Saul	p. 50
The Kingdom of David	p. 52
The Kingdom of Solomon	p. 54
Old Testament Jerusalem	p. 56
The Temple	p. 58
Tyre and the Phoenicians	p. 60
The Divided Monarchy	p. 62
Megiddo	p. 64
The Assyrian Empire	p. 66
Lachish	p. 68
The Neo-Babylonian Empire	p. 70
Conquests of Cyrus the Great	p. 72
The Hellenistic Kingdoms	p. 74
The Maccabean Revolt	p. 76
Pompey's Eastern Settlement	p. 78
Conquests of Herod the Great	p. 80
The New Testament	p. 82
Palestine during Jesus' Lifetime	p. 88
Jesus in Galilee	p. 90
Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem	p. 92
Bethlehem	p. 94
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 96
New Testament Jerusalem	p. 98
St Paul's Missionary Journeys	p. 100
The Apocalypse and Asia Minor	p. 102
The Zealot Revolt	p. 104
The Bar Kokhba Revolt	p. 106
The Beginning of the Diaspora	p. 108
Christianity in the Roman Empire	p. 110
The Bible Lands After the Bible	p. 112
The Islamic Conquests	p. 118
The Crusader States	p. 120
The Ottoman Empire	p. 122
The Zionist Movement	p. 124
Palestine in the First World War	p. 126
Palestine in the Mandate Period	p. 128
The Establishment of the State of Israel	p. 130
The Arab-Israeli Wars	p. 132
Israel and Palestine	p. 134
Modern Jerusalem	p. 136
King Lists	p. 138
Books of the Bible	p. 139
Further Reading	p. 140
Index	p. 141
Acknowledgements	p. 144
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