Anson F. Rainey Boeken

This fourth edition of the best-selling The Macmillan Bible Atlas brings the latest findings of biblical, historical, and archaeological research to its sweeping cartographic portrayal of biblical history. - settlement and mass migrations of populations - skirmishes, battles, and conquests described in the Bible - economic developments, trade routes, and natural resources - the movements of biblical characters within the Holy Land, its districts and cities - archaeological excavations in the Holy Land from the Stone Age, the Chalcolithic period, and the Israelite and Second Temple periods - the journeys of the Apostles and the growth of the Church in the first and second centuries A.D. In addition, valuable appendices, a detailed comparative chronology of early civilizations, a key to the maps according to the books of the Bible, and a new index to persons make this work the most comprehensive Bible Atlas available.