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Understanding the Land of the Bible: A Biblical-Theological Guide is unavailable, but you can change that!

Surveys the mountains, plains, valleys, rivers, and cities of Scripture and their significance for our understanding of biblical history and redemption. Part introduction, part survey, and part atlas, Understanding the Land of the Bible provides a valuable survey of the land of the Bible and its theological relevance for exegesis, interpretation, and the flow of Scripture.

Looking simply through the eyes of the curious first-time traveler, the land of the Bible is a wondrous realm of spectacular contrasts. The Lord himself calls it the “land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands” (Ezek. 20:6). Elsewhere it is called “a good land” (Deut. 8:7), “the Beautiful Land” (Dan. 8:9; 11:16), “a delightful land” (Mal. 3:12), “the pleasant land” (Ps. 106:24; cf. Hos. 9:13), and “a desirable
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