| Description |
237 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 31 cm |
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| Contents |
Part one: The Bible and its literature. -- The composition and transmission of the Bible. -- Part two: The Bible and history. -- An outline of biblical history -- The Bible in art. -- Part three: the Bible and geography. -- The geography of ancient Israel -- The coastal plain north of Mount Carmel -- The coastal plain south of Mount Carmel -- The Shephelah -- The hill country of Judea -- The Judean desert -- The Negev and Sinai -- Galilee -- Bethel, Samaria, Carmel, and Jezreel -- The Jerusalem hills -- The Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea -- Transjordan -- The empires surrounding Israel. -- Special features. -- Writings in the ancient world -- The Codex Sinaiticus -- Martin Luther: Reformer and translator -- The mapping of the Holy Land -- Animals of the Bible -- Plants of the Bible -- Biblical warfare -- Everyday life in biblical times -- Other contemporary religions -- Old Testament Jerusalem -- Herod's Temple at Jerusalem -- Jerusalem as Jesus knew it -- The topography of the Passion. -- Site features. -- Tyre and Sidon -- Caesarea -- Lachish -- Bethlehem -- Masada -- Qumran -- Arad -- Beer-sheba -- Timna -- Hazor -- Capernaum -- Megiddo -- Jericho. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index. |
| Summary |
Includes "43 maps, specially drawn, 285 color illustrations, 67 black and white illustrations." |
| Subject |
Bible -- Geography.
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Bible -- History of Biblical events.
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Bible. (OCoLC)fst01356024
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Geography. (OCoLC)fst00940469
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History of Biblical events. (OCoLC)fst01865053
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| Genre/Form |
Reference works. (OCoLC)fst01919963
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Reference works.
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| ISBN |
0816012067 |
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9780816012060 |
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0816012075 |
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9780816012077 |
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