Understanding the New Testament: An Introductory Atlas (Biblia.com)

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The New Testament (27 books) contains a record of the life of Jesus Christ and the birth and early growth of Christianity. The lands of the Bible have been aptly described as the “stage” on which the people who grace the pages of the New Testament moved. By understanding the dynamic of place, we open a window into other aspects of personal and communal life: political, economic, social and...

The world of the New Testament was a Mediterranean world. The march of Alexander the Great through the ancient Near East, from Macedonia to India, awoke the lands of the Old Testament to the emerging world of Hellenism, and eventually to Rome itself. With it, the center of the world swung west to the Mediterranean basin, bringing new social, economic and religious opportunities—and the

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