The MacMillan Bible Atlas

The book covers the areas that help put in context and geograpy of Biblocal times. A visual and verbal presentation. It was the book I had been looking for as a Sunday School teacher.

I'm an archaeology student and use this atlas as a reference for a quick overview of a specific event or region as applied to the history and archaeology of the ancient biblical world. Anson Rainey, arguably the world authority on the historical geography of the biblical period, recently released, The Sacred Bridge, which is a more in-depth, technical version of the same subject matter treated in this work, but this atlas, which Rainey and Safrai revised, is an excellent, general reference work for any library.

This is the only Bible Atlas you will every need. It can be read alone or as part of a Bible reading plan. This is more than a simple atlas, it stands alone in its completeness and unsurpassed maps, diagrams and illustrations. It contains what you would expect from a first class atlas; maps of all the classic routes, Exodus, Babylon, Jesus' and Paul footsteps. A map of every town, city, country and empire discussed in the Bible. Each map or diagram is accompanied by several paragraphs of history and background. Where this atlas exceeded my expectations was in its detail. For example, the course that Jesus followed as he crossed the Sea of Galilee, the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and Masada, etc. the rise of ancient Empires that so effected the Jews. Bottom line, the one atlas that will meet all your expectations.