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1) Bible lands
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 30
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text document life in Biblical times, surveying the clothing, food, and civilizations of a wide variety of cultures, including the Israelites, Babylonians, Persians, and Romans.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxxi, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world. In riveting detail, he analyzes the Biblical accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering, and triumph that stabilize, inspire, and unite us culturally and psychologically. Adam and Eve and the eternal fall of mankind; the resentful and ultimately murderous war of Cain and Abel; the cataclysmic flood of Noah; the spectacular collapse of the Tower of Babel; Abraham's...
Author
Publisher
Baker Academic
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xxi, 162 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This useful, concise introduction to the worlds around the New Testament focuses on seven key events in the centuries before and after Jesus. It enlightens readers about the beginnings of the Christian movement, showing how religious, political, and economic factors were interwoven in the fabric of the New Testament world. Leading New Testament scholar Warren Carter has a record of providing student-friendly texts. This introduction offers a 'big...
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
x, 724 pages 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the changing historical, social, and cultural contexts in which the Biblical writers and their original readers thought and lived, including writers of Jewish and Christian apocryphal works.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
303 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm + 1 map (79 x 61 cm, folded to 27 x 21 cm)
Language
English
Description
Detailed maps provide information on the geography and history of the Holy Land, and are accompanied by a chronological chart and indexes of references to Scriptures and individuals.