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The best and most comprehensive Bible atlas to date-compiled by an international team of fifty scholars with the cartography of Times Books- is now available in paperback. The HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible puts all of biblical history in its geographical context: from the earliest evidence of humankind in Palestine to the rise of Christianity in the Byzantine empire. Though it echoes the acclaimed Harper Atlas of the Bible in content, this beautiful new edition-in paperback for the first time- presents volumes of material with a clarity and brevity that will appeal to readers at all levels of interest and expertise. Families, churches, teachers, and scholars will find this edition easy to use and invaluable, with a complete chronology of events and indexes of names, places, and biblical references. Richly illustrated with more than 250 maps, site reconstructions, and color photographs, this practical resource is engaging to the eye and to the intellect.

Introduction

7

(1)

Chronology

8-9

(1)

Old Testament

10

(80)

IN THE BEGINNING

10

(4)

Hunters, farmers and metalworkers

10

(2)

The first cities

12

(2)

EMERGENCE OF ISRAEL

14

(6)

Abraham's migration

14

(2)

Wanderings and journeys of the patriarchs

16

(2)

The sale of Joseph and his entry into Egypt

18

(2)

BETWEEN GENESIS AND EXODUS

20

(14)

Egyptian expansion into Canaan

20

(2)

Ugarit--a centre of trade and influence

22

(2)

The Amarna tablets and Sethos I's campaigns

24

(2)

Ramesses II of Egypt in contest with the Hittite empire

26

(2)

Routes of a scribe and Pharaoh Merneptah

28

(2)

Canaan's trade with Mycenae and Cyprus

30

(2)

Changes beyond Israel's borders

32

(2)

SETTLEMENT IN CANAAN

34

(12)

Exodus and the wanderings

34

(2)

The land

36

(2)

The conquests of Joshua in Canaan

38

(2)

Occupation of the land

40

(2)

The Philistines

42

(2)

The heroic age of the Judges

44

(2)

THE KINGDOMS OF SAUL AND DAVID

46

(6)

The kingdom of Saul

46

(2)

David's rise to power

48

(2)

David's consolidation of the kingdom

50

(1)

Tombs and burial practices

51

(1)

THE AGE OF SOLOMON

52

(10)

The economy of Solomon's kingdom

52

(1)

Temples in Palestine

53

(1)

Solomon's building projects

54

(2)

Israel's relationship with Phoenicia

56

(2)

The biblical view of the world

58

(2)

Writing and its uses

60

(2)

THE DIVIDED KINGDOM--ISRAEL

62

(16)

The kingdom divided and invaded by Shishak

62

(2)

The dynasty of Omri

64

(2)

Israel and Moab

66

(1)

Crafts and industries

67

(1)

Pagan cults and the practice of religion

68

(2)

Israel's relations with Aram

70

(1)

Links between the Bible and world history

71

(1)

The Assyrians

72

(2)

Peace and prosperity under Jeroboam II

74

(2)

Assyrian sovereignty over Israel

76

(2)

THE DIVIDED KINGDOM--JUDAH

78

(6)

The resurgence of Judah's power c 750 BC

78

(2)

Assyrian attacks on Philistia and Judah

80

(2)

Judah under Hezekiah and Manasseh

82

(1)

Methods of war and defence

83

(1)

JUDAH UNDER BABYLON

84

(6)

The end of the Assyrian empire and the rise of Babylon

84

(2)

The reign of Josiah

86

(2)

Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian exile

88

(2)

Inter-Testamental Period

90

(12)

THE PERSIAN PERIOD The Persian empire and the west

90

(2)

THE HELLENISTIC ERA

92

(10)

Judah in the Hellenistic world

92

(2)

Judah and the Ptolemies

94

(2)

The Seleucid empire

96

(2)

The Maccabees

98

(2)

Jewish independence--the Hasmonaean monarchy

100

(2)

New Testament

102

(34)

PALESTINE UNDER THE ROMANS

102

(18)

Rome's expansion

102

(2)

The Herodian kingdom

104

(2)

Prosperity and growth under Herod

106

(2)

Roman trade and the Nabataeans

108

(2)

The Dead Sea Scrolls and their writers

110

(1)

Roman Palestine

111

(3)

Galilee and the ministry of Jesus

114

(2)

Jesus' last days

116

(2)

Roman rule after Herod

118

(2)

THE ROMAN WORLD

120

(16)

The Jewish diaspora

120

(2)

The development of the synagogue

122

(2)

Paul the traveller

124

(2)

The cities of Paul

126

(2)

The Jewish Revolts

128

(2)

The growth of Christianity

130

(2)

Mapping biblical narratives

132

(2)

Historical geography and archaeology

134

(2)

Index of people and gods

136

(1)

Index of biblical references

137

(1)

Index of distances

138

(2)

Bibliography

140

(1)

Geographical Index

141

(10)

Acknowledgments

151

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