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Holman illustrated guide to biblical geography [electronic resource] : reading the land / Paul H. Wright.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville, TN : B&H Publishing Group, ©2020Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780805499414
  • 0805499415
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 220.91 23
LOC classification:
  • BS630 .W75 2020eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro -- Chapter 1: Exploring the World of the Bible -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Biblical Geography -- A. Understanding Geographical Terms and Place Names -- B. Geological Structure and Landforms -- C. Climate -- D. Water Resources, Soils, and Fertility -- E. Settlement and Routes -- F. Geopolitics -- G. The Holy Land -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 3: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Southern Regions (Judah/Judea) -- A. The Hill Country of Judah -- B. The Judean Shephelah -- C. The Philistine Coastal Plain -- D. The Negev
E. The Judean Wilderness and the Dead Sea -- F. The Land of Benjamin -- G. Jerusalem -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 4: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Central Regions (Israel/Samaria) -- A. The Hill Country of Ephraim -- B. The Hill Country of Manasseh -- C. The Sharon Plain -- D. The Carmel Range -- E. The Jordan Valley -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 5: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Northern Regions (Galilee) -- A. The Jezreel Valley -- B. The Acco Plain -- C. Lower Galilee -- D. Upper Galilee -- E. The Huleh Basin -- F. The Sea of Galilee -- Summary -- Questions
Chapter 6: Transjordan -- A. Bashan -- B. Lower Gilead -- C. The Dome of Gilead -- D. The Ammon Basin -- E. The Mishor (Medeba Plateau) -- F. The Moab Plateau -- G. The Highlands of Edom -- Summary -- Questions -- Afterword: Geography of the Heart -- Works Cited -- Scripture Index -- General Index -- Place Name Index
Summary: Reading 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 o.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2733453

Intro -- Chapter 1: Exploring the World of the Bible -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 2: Building Blocks of Biblical Geography -- A. Understanding Geographical Terms and Place Names -- B. Geological Structure and Landforms -- C. Climate -- D. Water Resources, Soils, and Fertility -- E. Settlement and Routes -- F. Geopolitics -- G. The Holy Land -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 3: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Southern Regions (Judah/Judea) -- A. The Hill Country of Judah -- B. The Judean Shephelah -- C. The Philistine Coastal Plain -- D. The Negev

E. The Judean Wilderness and the Dead Sea -- F. The Land of Benjamin -- G. Jerusalem -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 4: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Central Regions (Israel/Samaria) -- A. The Hill Country of Ephraim -- B. The Hill Country of Manasseh -- C. The Sharon Plain -- D. The Carmel Range -- E. The Jordan Valley -- Summary -- Questions -- Chapter 5: The Land of Ancient Israel: The Northern Regions (Galilee) -- A. The Jezreel Valley -- B. The Acco Plain -- C. Lower Galilee -- D. Upper Galilee -- E. The Huleh Basin -- F. The Sea of Galilee -- Summary -- Questions

Chapter 6: Transjordan -- A. Bashan -- B. Lower Gilead -- C. The Dome of Gilead -- D. The Ammon Basin -- E. The Mishor (Medeba Plateau) -- F. The Moab Plateau -- G. The Highlands of Edom -- Summary -- Questions -- Afterword: Geography of the Heart -- Works Cited -- Scripture Index -- General Index -- Place Name Index

Reading 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 o.