Musings of a Snickerdoodle

I like this Atlas very much, it is a nice overview of the geography of Biblical events. It was more interesting than I had expected.  You can get caught up following the discussion of places, and looking at the locations of Biblical places. Beginning with a basic overview of the geography of the middle east and then move into historical geography.   Moving along the timeline of the Bible, we examine Abraham's journeys, follow the possible path of Israel's Exodus from Egypt, and then journey to the promised land.   We see Israel's dispersions from Israel into other lands, and finally end up looking at Israel at the time of the New Testament.   The places visited by Christ are considered, and then we see the spread of the Gospel.    The book ends with an examination of the city of Jerusalem in detail. Some particular sections I found helpful were the maps of the distribution of land to the twelve tribes of Israel.   It makes the account in the ...