Oxford Bible Atlas [Kindle Edition]

Adrian Curtis (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"It is 25 years since the third edition of the Oxford Bible Atlas. After a long wait we now have a new version, teeming with lots of splendid colour photos, amended maps, and a significantly revised text...[Curtis's] incisive text is every bit as worthwhile as the book's maps, which are terrific...deserves its place on every shelf."
--Catholic Herald

"In Oxford Press's tradition, the atlas has superb maps--many of them three-dimensional, annotated, and in full color, along with photos, illustrations, charts, and diagrams to help the reader set the biblical narrative angainst the backdrop of Middle Eastern history and geography." --The Bible Today

Product Description

"This new edition of the Oxford Bible Atlas, with 27 maps and 81 full-color illustrations, has been thoroughly revised to bring it up to date with regard both to biblical scholarship and to archaeology and topography. The Atlas will help readers of the Bible understand the contexts in which its stories are set and to appreciate the world from which it emerged and which formed its background. Maps show the geographical setting of the Bible's stories and reflect the successive stages of the Bible's accounts, while specially chosen full-color illustrations bring the countries and their peoples to life. The accompanying text describes the land of Palestine, and its wider ancient Near Eastern and east Mediterranean settings. It outlines clearly the successive historical periods, and describes the major civilizations with which Israelites, Jews, and early Christians came into contact. There is also an illustrated survey of the relevance of archaeology for the study of the Bible. The Atlas provides a superb guide to the geography of the Holy Land throughout biblical history, from the Exodus period through to New Testament times.
Comprehensively revised to take account of modern scholarship
27 maps and 81 full-color illustrations
A superb guide to the geography, history, and archaeology of Bible lands "

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 7300 KB
• Publisher: Oxford University Press; 4 edition (March 22, 2007)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000SESJ06
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,488 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #9 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Reference > Bible Study

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great resource, October 24, 2007

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Biblical Lay Scholar - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oxford Bible Atlas (Hardcover)

This Atlas is beautiful. It has a combination of a variety full-color maps (some of which are interesting, low-angle images), satellite images, and color photographs of the many different regions and climates of the Biblical lands. The narrative is a helpful chronology of the major events of the Bible--including the "inter-testamental era--and concludes with an examination of the role of archaeology. There are also separate two-page snapshots of key archaeological discoveries. This atlas has everything I was hoping to get when I ordered it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dougv, October 1, 2010

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douglas van antwerp - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oxford Bible Atlas (Paperback)

The best Bible atlas I've seen.
The maps are detailed and easy to read.
The text tells the Bible history that occured during the time each map depicts.
All the pages listed in the place index have the same map coordinates, making it easy to locate a city.
The color pictures are excellent and the page paper is thick.
I used this atlas in seminary and found it very useful, although
this 4th edition is far superior to the prior editon I used.
This is a Bible atlas worth owning.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, October 26, 2010

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computerdad (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Oxford Bible Atlas (Paperback)

Although have studied the Bible in various settings, I am currently doing a 34 week study that will have covered about 70% of the Bible when completed. We are currently in the Old Testament and having maps that are specific to not only regions but time periods makes it easier to follow the familiar history for better understanding. More that just maps also includes historical perspective type info and time line info. Very helpful to me as an analytical type reader with a bent toward history.