The purpose of this new Bible Atlas is to enable the user to understand the Bible better. It incorporates the latest scholarship and includes additional maps which illustrate the spread of Christianity. Professor H. H. Rowley contributes a valuable introduction and there is a gazetteer of the principal Biblical sites, cross-indexed to the maps and including Bible references.
Content
Maps
1. THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
2. CANAAN BEFORE THE ISRAELITE CONQUEST
3. JOURNEY TO THE PROMISED LAND
4. ISRAEL IN CANAAN
5. THE TWO KINGDOMS
6. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES 7-12. THE GREAT EMPIRES
13. JERUSALEM IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
14. PALESTINE IN THE TIME OF CHRIST
15. PAUL'S FIRST JOURNEY
16. PAUL'S SECOND JOURNEY
17. PAUL'S THIRD JOURNEY AND JOURNEY TO ROME
18. THE EARLIEST CHURCHES
19-23. THE SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY A.D. 400 TO A.D. 1900
24. CHRISTIANITY AND THE MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD
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1. HISTORICAL PERIODS
2. CHURCH ADVANCE AND SETBACK
