Bible Atlas

PART I:  THE BIBLICAL SETTING
     
Chapter 1 The Face of the Ancient Near East
  001 The Ancient Near East
  001a Biblical Regions
  002 Modern States and the Ancient Near East
  003 Mesopotamia: Homeland of Abraham
  004 Egypt: Land of Bondage
  005 Syria and Lebanon
  006 International Routes, The King's Highway
  006a Geography and Trade Routes of the Middle East
     
Chapter 2 Natural Regions of Palestine
  007 National Regions of Ancient Palestine
  007a Physical Geography of Palestine
  007b Topography of Palestine
  008 Cross Sectional Views of Longitudinal Zones
  009 Northern Coastal Plains
  010 Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, et al.
  011 Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea
  012 Arabah, Negeb, Wildernesses of Zin and Paran
  012a The Old City of Jerusalem Today
  013 Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine
  014 Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine
     
     

PART II:  THE HEBREW BIBLE PERIOD
     
Chapter 3 Before Abraham
  015 Selected Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements
  016 The Table of Nations_(1)
  016a The Table of Nations_(2)
  017 Ancient Near East in the 3rd Millennium
     
Chapter 4 The World of the Patriarchs
  018 Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs
  018a The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses
  019 Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age
  020 The Migration of Abraham
  021 Abraham in Canaan
  021a Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
  022 Travels of Jacob
  023 The Journeys of Joseph
     
Chapter 5 The Egyptian Experience
  024 Expulsion of the Hyksos
  025 Egypt and Palestine in the Late Bronze Age
  025a Sites in the Amarna Archive (Akhetaton; Tell el-Amarna)
  026 Campaigns of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II
  027 Canaan in the 14th Century: The Tell el-Amarna Tablets
  028 The Egyptian Empire and the Hittites
  028a Egyptian Empire and Balance of Power, ca. 1400 BCE
  029 The Route of the Exodus
     
Chapter 6 The Exodus
  030 Events during the Sojourn at Kadesh-Barnea
  031 Journey of the Spies
  032 The Journey from Kadesh-Barnea to the Plains of Moab
     
Chapter 7 Conquest and Settlement
  033 Ancient Near East from 1200-100 BCE
  033a The Conquest of Canaan
  034 The Sea Peoples
  035 The Levant from 1200-1000 BCE
  035a The Conquest by Joshua
  036 Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns
  037 Joshua's Northern Campaign
  038 The Limits of Israelite Settlement
  038a Israel in Canaan from Joshua to Samuel to Saul
  039 The Tribal Allotments of Israel
  039a The Division of the Land Among the Tribes
  040 Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge (1)
  040a The Levitical Cities (2)
  041 The Judges of Israel
  041a The Period of the Judges
  042 Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites
  043 Deborah's Victory over the Canaanites
  044 Gideon's Battles with the Amalekites
  045 Jephthah and the Ammonites
  046 Samson the the Philistines
  047 The Battle at Ebenezer and the Loss of the Ark
  048 The Ministry of Samuel and Anointment of Saul
  049 The Kingdom of Saul and His Wars
  049a Saul, 1000 BCE
  050 David's Flight from Saul
     
Chapter 8 The Kingdom of David and Solomon
  051 David's Rise to Power
  051a David in Conquest of Canaan
  052 David's Wars of Conquest
  053 Kingdom of David and Solomon
  053a The United Monarchy under Solomon (1)
  053b The United Monarchy under Solomon (2)
  054 Solomon's Economic Enterprises
  055 Solomon's Building Activities
  055a Solomon's Temple
  056 Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon
     
Chapter 9 The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
  057 The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1)
  057a The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2)
  057b The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (3)
  058 The Campaign of Shishak
  059 Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus
  060 The Omride Dynasty
  60a The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE
  061 Phoenician Trade and Civilization
  061a Trade Routes throughout the Middle East
  061b Travel Routes throughout Palestine
  062 Elijah and Elisha
  063 The Revolt of Jehu
  064 The Rise of Assyria
  065 Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah
  066 The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III
  067 The Syro-Ephraimite War
  068 Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns
  069 Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites
  069a The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel
  070 Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria
  071 Prophets of the 8th Century BCE
     
Chapter 10 Judah Alone amid International Powers
  072 Hezekiah's Preparation for Revolt
  072a Judah under King Hezekiah
  073 Hezekiah's Jerusalem
  074 Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah
  075 Assyria in the 7th century BCE
  076 The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire
  077 The Reign of Josiah
  077a The Districts of Judah under King Josiah
  077b

The Golden Age of King Josiah

  078 Nebuchadnezzar's Campaigns against Judah
     
Chapter 11 The Babylonian Exile
  079 Judah during the Exile
  079a The Kingdom of Judah
  079b Exile; Palestine in the Post-Exilic Period
  080 Jewish Exiles in Babylon
  081 Jewish Refugees in Egypt
     
Chapter 12 The Persian Period
  082 World Powers of the 6th century BCE
  083 The Conquests of Cyrus the Great
  084 The Persian Empire
  085 The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah
  086 Judah in the 5th century BCE
  086a Palestine after the Exile
     
Chapter 13 The Hellenistic Period
  087 Alexander the Great's Empire
  088 The Division of Alexander's Empire ca. 275 BCE
  089 Palestine under the Ptolemies
  090 The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III
  091 Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt
  091a The Maccabees in 168 BCE
  092 Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt
  093 Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty
  094 Pompey's Campaign against Jerusalem
 
 
 

PART III:  THE NEW TESTAMENT ERA
     
Chapter 14 Rome's Emergence as a World Power
  095 Early Rome
  096 Roman Expansion in the 3rd & 2nd centuries BCE
  097 Civil Wars amidst Roman Expansion in 1st century BCE
  098 Roman Empire in the Age of Augustus
     
Chapter 15 The Romans, Palestine, and Herod the Great
  099 Roman Rule in Palestine 63-40 BCE
  100 The Kingdom of Herod the Great
  101 Herod's Building Program
     
Chapter 16 The World of Jesus
  102 The Division of Herod's Kingdom
  102a Palestine under the Herods
  103 Palestine in the Time of Jesus (1)
  103a Palestine in the Time of Jesus (2)
  104 Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
     
Chapter 17 The Life and Ministry of Jesus
  105 Jesus' Birth and Early Childhood
  105a The Birth, Childhood, and Baptism of Jesus
  106 John the Baptist
  107 Galilee in the Time of Jesus
  107a Jesus' Ministry in Galilee and Journey to Jerusalem
  108 The Ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee
  109 The Ministry of Jesus beyond Galilee
  109a Jesus' Ministry according to John
  110 Jesus' Journeys from Galilee to Judea
  111 Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem
  112 Jerusalem in the New Testament Period
  113 The Passion Week in Jerusalem
     
Chapter 18 Early Expansion of the Church
  114 The Kingdom of Herod Agrippa I
  115 The Kingdom of Agrippa II
  116 Pentecost and the Jewish Diaspora
  117 Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine
  118 Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry
  118a Paul's Journeys
  119 The First Missionary Journey of Paul
  120 The Second Missionary Journey of Paul
  121 The Third Missionary Journey of Paul
  122 Paul's Arrest and Imprisonment
  123 Paul's Voyage to Rome
     
Chapter 19 The First Jewish Revolt
  124 Distribution of Roman Legions under Tiberius
  125 The First Jewish Revolt
  126 Titus's Campaigns
  126a Herod's Temple
     
Chapter 20 The Early Christian Church
  127 Churches of the Revelation
  128 The Roman Empire ca. 117 CE
  129 Palestine from 73-135 CE
  130 The Bar Kokhba Revolt, 132-135 CE
  131 Hadrian's Jerusalem
  132 Christian Expansion in the 2nd & 3rd Century
     

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