TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wright,Paul H.
TI  - Holman illustrated guide to biblical geography: reading the land 
SN  - 9780805499414
AV  - BS630 .W75 2020eb
U1  - 220.91 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Nashville, TN
PB  - B&H Publishing Group
KW  - Bible
KW  - Geography
KW  - Géographie
KW  - fast
KW  - Historical geography
KW  - Maps
KW  - Géographie historique
KW  - Cartes
KW  - historical maps
KW  - aat
KW  - Biblical Reference
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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