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The IVP Concise Atlas of Bible History / Paul Lawrence ; edited by Richard Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Illinois : InterVarsity Press, c2013.Description: 191 p. : ill. (chiefly color), col. maps ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780830829286 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • Ref. 220.910223 23 LAW
Contents:
What is the Bible? -- Creation -- The flood -- Nations and languages -- Languages of the Bible -- Mesopotamia -- The patriarchs : the Biblical evidence -- Archaeological evidence for the patriarchs -- Egypt -- Joseph -- Moses -- The ten plagues -- The date of the exodus -- The giving of the law -- The tabernacle -- The conquest of Transjordan -- The conquest of Canaan : Jericho and Ai -- The conquest of Canaan : the defeat of the kings -- Evidence of the conquest of Canaan -- The geography of Canaan -- The climate of Canaan -- The agriculture of Canaan -- The twelve tribes of Israel -- The judges -- The Philistine threat -- The establishment of the Hebrew monarchy -- David's conquests -- David's latter years -- Writing -- Archives and libraries of the ancient world -- Solomon -- Solomon's temple -- Solomon's trade -- The division of the kingdom -- The neighbours of Israel and Judah -- The kings of Israel -- The Hebrew prophets -- Assyria : the threat from the north -- The Israelites exiled -- The kings of Judah -- Hezekiah and Sennacherib -- Jerusalem delivered -- Warfare and fortifications -- Judah from Manasseh to the fall of Nineveh -- Josiah and the rise of Babylon -- Judah exiled -- The later Hebrew prophets -- The trade of Tyre -- Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar -- The fall of Babylon and Cyrus's decree -- Rebuilding the temple -- Xerxes and Esther -- Ezra and Nehemiah -- Alexander the Great and the spread of Hellenism -- The Ptolemies and Seleucids -- Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean Wars -- The Jews in Egypt -- The Jews in the second and first centuries BC -- The Romans -- Herod the Great -- Herod the Great rebuilds the temple -- Amulets and scrolls -- Jesus is born -- The ministry of Jesus : first year -- The ministry of Jesus : second year -- Jerusalem in New Testament times -- The ministry of Jesus : final year -- Jesus' death and the empty tomb -- The birth of the church -- Travel in the Roman world -- Paul's first journey : Cyprus and Asia Minor -- Paul's second journey : Philippi and Thessalonica -- Paul's second journey : Athens and Corinth -- Paul's third journey : Ephesus -- Paul's third journey : from Ephesus to Jerusalem -- Paul's journey to Rome -- The letter of the New Testament -- Rome -- The fall of Jerusalem -- The seven churches of Asia : Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum -- The seven churches of Asia : Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea -- The spread of Christianity.
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Books Bishop Bukenya Library Stephen Noll Collection Ref. 220.910223 LAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 133654

Originally published in the UK under the title: The Lion concise atlas of Bible history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176) and index.

What is the Bible? -- Creation -- The flood -- Nations and languages -- Languages of the Bible -- Mesopotamia -- The patriarchs : the Biblical evidence -- Archaeological evidence for the patriarchs -- Egypt -- Joseph -- Moses -- The ten plagues -- The date of the exodus -- The giving of the law -- The tabernacle -- The conquest of Transjordan -- The conquest of Canaan : Jericho and Ai -- The conquest of Canaan : the defeat of the kings -- Evidence of the conquest of Canaan -- The geography of Canaan -- The climate of Canaan -- The agriculture of Canaan -- The twelve tribes of Israel -- The judges -- The Philistine threat -- The establishment of the Hebrew monarchy -- David's conquests -- David's latter years -- Writing -- Archives and libraries of the ancient world -- Solomon -- Solomon's temple -- Solomon's trade -- The division of the kingdom -- The neighbours of Israel and Judah -- The kings of Israel -- The Hebrew prophets -- Assyria : the threat from the north -- The Israelites exiled -- The kings of Judah -- Hezekiah and Sennacherib -- Jerusalem delivered -- Warfare and fortifications -- Judah from Manasseh to the fall of Nineveh -- Josiah and the rise of Babylon -- Judah exiled -- The later Hebrew prophets -- The trade of Tyre -- Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar -- The fall of Babylon and Cyrus's decree -- Rebuilding the temple -- Xerxes and Esther -- Ezra and Nehemiah -- Alexander the Great and the spread of Hellenism -- The Ptolemies and Seleucids -- Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean Wars -- The Jews in Egypt -- The Jews in the second and first centuries BC -- The Romans -- Herod the Great -- Herod the Great rebuilds the temple -- Amulets and scrolls -- Jesus is born -- The ministry of Jesus : first year -- The ministry of Jesus : second year -- Jerusalem in New Testament times -- The ministry of Jesus : final year -- Jesus' death and the empty tomb -- The birth of the church -- Travel in the Roman world -- Paul's first journey : Cyprus and Asia Minor -- Paul's second journey : Philippi and Thessalonica -- Paul's second journey : Athens and Corinth -- Paul's third journey : Ephesus -- Paul's third journey : from Ephesus to Jerusalem -- Paul's journey to Rome -- The letter of the New Testament -- Rome -- The fall of Jerusalem -- The seven churches of Asia : Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum -- The seven churches of Asia : Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea -- The spread of Christianity.

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