The Bible Atlas, Title Page 1
Introduction 2
PART 1: The Biblical Setting 4
Ch. 1: The Face of the Ancient Near East 5
The Ancient Near East 6
Biblical Regions 7
Modern States and the Ancient Near East 8
Mesopotamia: Homeland of Abraham 9
Egypt: Land of Bondage 10
Syria and Lebanon 11
International Routes, The King's Highway 12
Geography and Trade Routes of the Middle East 13
Ch. 2: Natural Regions of Palestine 14
National Regions of Ancient Palestine 15
Physical Geography of Palestine 16
Cross Sectional Views of Longitudinal Zones 17
Northern Coastal Plains 18
Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, et al. 19
Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea 20
Arabah, Negeb, Wildernesses of Zin and Paran 21
The Old City of Jerusalem Today 22
Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine 23
Ch. 3: Life in Ancient Palestine 24
Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine 25
PART 2: The Hebrew Bible Period 26
Ch. 4: Before Abraham 27
Selected Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements 28
The Table of Nations_01 29
The Table of Nations_02 30
Ancient Near East in the 3rd Millennium 31
Ch. 5: The World of the Patriarchs 32
Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs 33
The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses 34
Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age 35
The Migration of Abraham 36
Abraham in Canaan 37
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob 38
Travels of Jacob 39
The Journeys of Joseph 40
Ch. 6: The Egyptian Experience 41
Expulsion of the Hyksos 42
Egypt and Palestine in the Late Bronze Age 43
Sites in the Amarna Archive (Akhetaton; Tell el-Amarna) 44
Campaigns of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II 45
Canaan in the 14th Century: The T.E.A. Tablets 46
The Egyptian Empire and the Hittites 47
Egyptian Empire and Balance of Power, ca. 1400 BCE 48
The Route of the Exodus 49
Ch. 7: The Exodus 50
Events during the Sojourn at Kadesh-Barnea 51
Journey of the Spies 52
The Journey from Kadesh-Barnea to the Plains of Moab 53
Ch. 8: Conquest and Settlement 54
Ancient Near East from 1200-100 BCE 55
The Conquest of Canaan 56
The Sea Peoples 57
The Levant from 1200-1000 BCE 58
The Conquest by Joshua 59
Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns 60
Joshua's Northern Campaign 61
The Limits of Israelite Settlement 62
Israel in Canaan from Joshua to Samuel to Saul 63
The Tribal Allotments of Israel 64
The Division of the Land Among the Tribes 65
Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge (1) 66
The Levitical Cities (2) 67
The Judges of Israel 68
The Period of the Judges 69
Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites 70
Deborah's Victory over the Canaanites 71
Gideon's Battles with the Amalekites 72
Jephthah and the Ammonites 73
Samson the the Philistines 74
The Battle at Ebenezer and the Loss of the Ark 75
The Ministry of Samuel and Anointment of Saul 76
The Kingdom of Saul and His Wars 77
Saul, 1000 BCE 78
David's Flight from Saul 79
Ch. 9: The Kingdom of David and Solomon 80
David's Rise to Power 81
David in Conquest of Canaan 82
David's Wars of Conquest 83
Kingdom of David and Solomon 84
The United Monarchy under Solomon_01 85
The United Monarchy under Solomon_02 86
Solomon's Economic Enterprises 87
Solomon's Building Activities 88
Solomon's Temple 89
Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon 90
Ch. 10: The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah 91
The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah_01 92
The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah_02 93
The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah_03 94
The Campaign of Shishak 95
Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus 96
The Omride Dynasty 97
The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE 98
Phoenician Trade and Civilization 99
Trade Routes throughout the Middle East 100
Travel Routes throughout Palestine 101
Elijah and Elisha 102
The Revolt of Jehu 103
The Rise of Assyria 104
Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah 105
The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III 106
The Syro-Ephraimite War 107
Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns 108
Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites 109
The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel 110
Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria 111
Prophets of the 8th Century BCE 112
Ch. 11: Judah Alone amid International Powers 113
Hezekiah's Preparation for Revolt 114
Judah under King Hezekiah 115
Hezekiah's Jerusalem 116
Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah 117
Assyria in the 7th century BCE 118
The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire 119
The Reign of Josiah 120
The Districts of Judah under King Josiah 121
The Golden Age of King Josiah 122
Nebuchadnezzar's Campaigns against Judah 123
Ch. 12: The Babylonian Exile 124
Judah during the Exile 125
The Kingdom of Judah 126
Exile; Palestine in the Post-Exilic Period 127
Jewish Exiles in Babylon 128
Jewish Refugees in Egypt 129
Ch. 13: The Persian Period 130
World Powers of the 6th century BCE 131
The Conquests of Cyrus the Great 132
The Persian Empire 133
The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah 134
Judah in the 5th century BCE 135
Palestine after the Exile 136
Ch. 14: The Hellenistic Period 137
Alexander the Great's Empire 138
The Division of Alexander's Empire ca. 275 BCE 139
Palestine under the Ptolemies 140
The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III 141
Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt 142
The Maccabees in 168 BCE 143
Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt 144
Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty 145
Pompey's Campaign against Jerusalem 146
PART 3: The New Testament Era 147
Ch. 15: Rome's Emergence as a World Power 148
Early Rome 149
Roman Expansion in the 3rd & 2nd centuries BCE 150
Civil Wars amidst Roman Expansion in 1st century BCE 151
Roman Empire in the Age of Augustus 152
Ch. 16: The Romans, Palestine, and Herod the Great 153
Roman Rule in Palestine 63-40 BCE 154
The Kingdom of Herod the Great 155
Herod's Building Program 156
Ch. 17: The World of Jesus 157
The Division of Herod's Kingdom 158
Palestine under the Herods 159
Palestine in the Time of Jesus_01 160
Palestine in the Time of Jesus_02 161
Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls 162
Ch. 18: The Life and Ministry of Jesus 163
Jesus' Birth and Early Childhood 164
The Birth, Childhood, and Baptism of Jesus 165
John the Baptist 166
Galilee in the Time of Jesus 167
Jesus' Ministry in Galilee and Journey to Jerusalem 168
The Ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee 169
The Ministry of Jesus beyond Galilee 170
Jesus' Ministry according to John 171
Jesus' Journeys from Galilee to Judea 172
Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem 173
Jerusalem in the New Testament Period 174
The Passion Week in Jerusalem 175
Ch. 19: Early Expansion of the Church 176
The Kingdom of Herod Agrippa I 177
The Kingdom of Agrippa II 178
Pentecost and the Jewish Diaspora 179
Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine 180
Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry 181
Paul's Journeys 182
The First Missionary Journey of Paul 183
The Second Missionary Journey of Paul 184
The Third Missionary Journey of Paul 185
Paul's Arrest and Imprisonment 186
Paul's Voyage to Rome 187
Ch. 20: The First Jewish Revolt 188
Distribution of Roman Legions under Tiberius 189
The First Jewish Revolt 190
Titus's Campaigns 191
Herod's Temple 192
Ch. 21: The Early Christian Church 193
Churches of the Revelation 194
The Roman Empire ca. 117 CE 195
Palestine from 73-135 CE 196
The Bar Kokhba Revolt, 132-135 CE 197
Hadrian's Jerusalem 198
Christian Expansion in the 2nd & 3rd Century 199