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Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines

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I own and use the Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines and the Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions. I recommend both, but if you must choose, go with the Rose Book. Why?

1. The Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines is reproducible. The Holman book is not, according to the copyright page on each book.
2. Both books are the same size and number of pages and have much of the same content (see details below). But the Rose book is more attractive with better color, photos, charts, illustrations, and overall graphic design.
3. I have communicated with the editors at both companies. Holman has never updated their book since the original publication date in 1993, therefore typos and errors still exist. Rose updates their book annually if needed.

What the Rose book has that Holman does not (this in not an exhaustive list, but these are the important things to me as a teacher):
1. Better and longer Bible time line with hundred more facts. There is a side-by-side comparison with events in world history.
2. Better and longer Christian history time line with hundreds more facts.
3. Then and Now Bible maps, showing both a color Bible map and red lines to show where modern-day cities and countries are.
4. Stunning illustrations of the tabernacle, temple, ark of the covenant, Noah's ark. Holman has nice illustrations, but not quite as powerful.
5. More information in the timeline on the history and reliability of the Bible. Gives more information on the Tyndale, Wycliffe, Geneva, King James and other early Bibles.
6. Has information about the many Bible translations since 1993.
7. Longer and more complete side-by-side comparison of 12 Christian denominations and 18 world religions and cults.
8. Complete descriptions of the feasts and holidays of the Bible and their foreshadowing and symbolism of Jesus Christ.
9. Genealogy of Jesus Christ: the family tree of Jesus Christ on one page.
10. Armor of God
11. Fruit of the Spirit and 1 Corinthians 13 (the love chapter)
12. Overview of each book of the Bible with writer, theme, key verse, to whom written, and date.
13. Statue in the Book of Daniel. The four kingdoms listed in Daniel 2.
14. Cycle of disobedience in the Book of Judges.
15. 100 archaeological finds that support the reliability of the Bible.
16. Seven churches of the Revelation.


Holman has these key advantages over Rose's book (there are other things, but not as important overall):
1. One more map than Rose, but the Holman maps have more detail. Neither book has the detail of another Holman product, the Holman Bible Atlas: A Complete Guide to the Expansive Geography of Biblical History (Broadman & Holman Reference), which is always on my bookshelf.
2. 52-week Bible reading plan
3. A chart showing ancient numbering systems and the Apocrypha.
4. A comparison chart of the books of the Hebrew Bible, the Septuagint, and the Roman Catholic Old Testament books.
5. Detailed family tree of King David and King Herod (but not of one on Jesus).
6. A harmony of the Gospels
7. Jewish sects

Both books have all of the basics:
1. Weights and measures from Bible times
2. Miracles and parables of Jesus
3. Key Rulers of Israel, Judah, Assyria, Babylonia, Persia, Greece, and Rome
4. Names of God; Names of Jesus
5. Jewish calendar
6. Prophets and their message
7. Ten Commandments
8. Disciples of Jesus
9. Paul's Journeys and teachings
10. Comparison of views of the millennium and end times

The Rose book is a little more expensive, but frankly I use it more and rarely refer to the Holman book anymore.

this book is a great tool that walks you through the Bible from Old Testament to New. It has very nice pictures of different cities and sights of the Bible along with amazing timelines from kings to events throughout biblical times. The Maps are colorful and use various images for the reader so you can visualize different events and landmarks.

So many tools in this small resource can't list them all. Great reference book for any student or teacher of the Word.

The `Holman Book of Biblical Charts, Maps, and Reconstructions' and the `Rose Book of Bible Charts, Maps & Timelines' are very similar compilations of an enormous collection of just what their titles state, charts, maps, timelines, and archaeological reconstructions of Bible era buildings. Aside from the titles, the two books have several other things in common. First, both are bound with a wire spine, which allows each and every page to lie perfectly flat on a photocopier bed. Having tried to copy maps from a quarto sized book where pages were sewn into signatures, I can assure you this is an enormous advantage if you plan to use the pages to construct handouts or slides for a Bible study course. I have also photocopied slides from both books onto transparencies, and the effort was totally painless, with great results, after a little testing to be sure the page was positioned correctly. And, of course, this is exactly the purpose for which these books were published. Both are issued by publishing houses who specialize in material for Bible study classes, especially for classes oriented to young adults. And, I acquired both books to provide just that material, except for an adult Bible study class.
My first interest with the books was to obtain good maps of Palestine in the time of the New Testament, the travels of the Apostles, AND, maps of both the Roman Empire at the time of Augustus and the extent of Alexander the Great's conquests, since this is highly relevant to the spread of Greek language and learning just before the time of Jesus. For the purpose of these maps, I assure you as a map afficionato from way back that the Holman maps are far superior to the Rose maps. Holman has both the Roman and Alexandrean maps I wanted, and the more familiar maps of the Holy Land and the travels of the Apostles are much more clearly done, with far better details. They simply look like high quality maps, while the Rose maps have a `dumbed down' look to them. The only problem I found with the Holman maps was that Antioch was missing from the map of the Roman Empire, odd because Antioch was the third largest city after Rome and one other city. The only plus with the Rose maps is that they give maps of the modern Middle East to contrast with the ancient world. I also like Holman's `reconstruction' pictures, especially those of the temple in Jerusalem.
Regarding all other material, I give a slight edge to Rose, especially for the excellent large charts of historical timelines. One thing you must know about the Rose book is that virtually all the material in this book is also available in several other forms, as posters or classroom style maps. I point this out because if you have the means to transfer the pages to either transparencies or graphical computer files you can then project with an overhead projector, you have no need to buy the other material.
For a young audience, most of the materials in both books are good outlines for study, especially as supplements to standard curricula. For adults, where the interest is more scholarly, one is likely to find the material a bit light, but this initial impression may be misleading. There is a lot of `fluff', such as the 100 Well-Known Old Testament Events' in Rose. One may think this is useful for finding stuff, but I looked for the reference to the story where Solomon was confronted with two mothers in a dispute over custody of a child, and I couldn't find it. On the other hand, the summaries in both books of the books of the Bible are very useful in selecting material for a course of study. If one wishes, for example, to study one of the prophets, which one or which ones are best? Both books also have a lot of interesting material on the world's denominations, both Christian and otherwise.
If funds permit, you will probably want both, as each one has its own strengths and weaknesses. And, both publishers fully permit copying for educational purposes, which is what these books are all about.

The Rose Book of Charts, Maps & Time Lines is an incredibly well organized and presented book of information on the Old & New Testaments, Church History, Comparative Religions/Cults, etc. The book has quickly become one of my most referred to reference works on the Bible. Pastor's, Sunday School teachers, Bible study leaders, students of the Bible, & all followers & would-be-followers of Jesus will find this to be an invaluable tool for studying God's Word. Furthermore, you may make up to 300 copies of each page in the book for use in Bible studies, Sunday School, etc.--without written permission. Also, many of the pages are available in stand alone full-color glossy brochures. The book includes an index as well. I trust you will not be disappointed!

This is one of the best Bible reference books I have found! Easy to find information and relate the information to other similar topics. It includes many of the smaller pamphlets and posters from the publisher.

You can get lost in this book for hours. The timelines and charts are great. You can look at one page and compare and contrast different events from the Bible at a glance. Full of information and easy to follow.

This book has 188 pages of charts, maps, illustrations and diagrams including the standard time lines, and quick overviews of the different books of the Bible. Included are several "100 well known" charts for people in the Bible, Prayers in the Bible, OT events, prophecies about Jesus, and NT events. There are about 20 pages of various maps and special illustrations of the creation, Noah's Ark, The Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant, Solomon's Temple, etc. I kind of wish they would have omitted the last section on Christianity, Cults & Religions as it is written strictly from a very Fundamentalist viewpoint. If you fit that description you'll probably give the book five stars. Otherwise, it is still a great book and recommended.

This book is a great resource for a beginner trying to understand the Bible. It enables a high level understanding of many central themes, the individual books and how this is all linked in the flow of time and history. This book probably does not present enough detail for the advanced student.

I just received book as a gift. The illustrations, charts, maps, and biblical timelines are excellent. This book is an asset to those who would like to know about the Ark of the Covenent etc. I think this book will get one to explore this and other areas of the Word in a greater depth than before.

I love that this book covers so many topics. It's an awesome reference book and is great to use over and over again for different Bible Studies. I have given this this book to all my family & friends as gifts and they love it as well.