ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO
BIBLICAL
GEOGRAPHY
READING THE LAND
PAUL H. WRIGHT
Holman Illustrated Guide to Biblical Geography
Copyright © 2020 by Paul H. Wright
B&H Publishing Group
Nashville, Tennessee
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-8054-9483-9
Dewey Decimal Classification: 220.91
Subject Heading: BIBLE—GEOGRAPHY/HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY/BIBLE—ATLASES
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All photos in this work are the author’s, with the exception of the following: Cyndi Parker (p. 19); Anson Rainey on behalf of the Beer-sheba Archaeological Expedition (p. 103); Tiffany Gibson (pp. 118, 140, 262); iStock Photos (p. 181); Vernon Alexander (pp. 231, 240).
Go up this way to the Negev,
then go up into the hill country.
See what the land is like.
Chapter 1: Exploring the World of the Bible
Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Biblical Geography
A. Understanding Geographical Terms and Place Names
B. Geological Structure and Landforms
D. Water Resources, Soils, and Fertility
Chapter 3: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Southern Regions (Judah/Judea)
C. The Philistine Coastal Plain
E. The Judean Wilderness and the Dead Sea
Chapter 4: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Central Regions (Israel/Samaria)
A. The Hill Country of Ephraim
B. The Hill Country of Manasseh
Chapter 5: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Northern Regions (Galilee)
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About Holman Illustrated Guide to Biblical Geography: Reading the LandReading the land enables us to read the Bible with greater insight. Though the truths of the Bible transcend time and place, they are rooted in them. Geographical data inform our understanding of activity in the land of the Bible, while the Bible’s own description of these events, embedded deeply in the realia of the land itself, helps us better understand the living context in which these events took place. When we develop a skill set that allows us to read the land of the Bible as fluently as we might read the text, we stand not only to gain a better appreciation of the divine-human events of Scripture, we also gain an understanding of how these events become relevant to us in our own particular living contexts. Chapters Include: • Exploring the World of the Bible • Building Blocks of Biblical Geography • The Land of Ancient Israel: The Southern Regions (Judah/Judea) • The Land of Ancient Israel: The Central Regions (Israel/Samaria) • The Land of Ancient Israel: The Northern Regions (Galilee) • Transjordan • Afterword: Geography of the Heart Biblical geography has great apologetic value. The biblical writers had to be accurate when presenting geographical material. Unlike some matters of history and doctrine, their assertions about the realities of land forms and climate, or about the relation of one city to another, or about the use of strategic routes could easily be verified both by their first readers as well as by contemporary readers. Verifiable geographic information provides a solid foundation on which to place and evaluate the veracity of other truth claims in the biblical text. |
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