Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of the BibleA comprehensive guide to the land, people, religions, history and archaeology of the Holy Land, including the places where biblical events took place, what is left of them today, and the various people of the bible - Israelites, Canaanites, Egyptians, Babylonians, Persians, Philistines, Moabites - and how they lived. |
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Introducing the Bible and Its World | 1 |
The Enduring Fascination of the Bible | 3 |
A Book Like No Other | 4 |
The Divine Library | 5 |
The New Testament | 6 |
How Did We Get the Bible? | 7 |
Start the Presses | 8 |
Spreading the Word to All People | 9 |
Whos That Bad Man? | 144 |
Wheres the Proof? | 146 |
Foul Play | 147 |
Hittites Persians and Greeks | 149 |
How About Those Hittites? | 150 |
The Hittites Rediscovered | 151 |
The Palestinian Hittite Mystery | 152 |
A Return to Palestine | 153 |
Who Wrote the Good Book? | 10 |
What Does It All Mean? | 11 |
Finding Your Way Around the Bible | 12 |
Name Your Source | 13 |
Searching for Insights | 15 |
Looking at The Word | 16 |
Tools of the Trade | 17 |
Coming of Age | 18 |
Tell Me About Pots | 19 |
The Archaeological Record | 20 |
Layers of Time | 21 |
Linking It Up | 22 |
Time Terminology | 23 |
The Same but Different | 24 |
A Framework of Time | 25 |
Great Expectations | 26 |
A Matter of Debate | 27 |
Meet the Holy Land | 29 |
What Makes Up the Middle East | 30 |
Lands of Ancient Greatness | 31 |
The Lay of the Land | 33 |
Its Dead | 35 |
Lands to the East | 36 |
Hows the Weather? | 37 |
Ancient Places | 38 |
Flora and Fauna | 39 |
Whats What? | 40 |
Timber | 41 |
Down by the Water | 42 |
Flowers | 43 |
And a Couple More | 44 |
Domesticated Animals | 45 |
Assorted Mammals | 46 |
In the Air and the Sea | 47 |
Dont Bug Me | 48 |
One Big Fish The Book of Jonah | 49 |
In the Beginning | 51 |
Let There Be Light | 52 |
The Bible Tells Me So | 53 |
What Mr Darwin Says | 54 |
Some Middle Ground? | 55 |
Apples and Oranges | 56 |
Eve Meets Science | 57 |
Paradise Lost | 58 |
Mayhem and Confusion | 61 |
Thats One Big Boat | 62 |
The Ark | 63 |
How Many Beasts? | 64 |
Was There Really a Big Flood? | 66 |
Digging for Sediments | 67 |
Which Mountain? | 68 |
What Did You Say? The Tower of Babel | 70 |
Bringing Down Sodom and Gomorrah | 72 |
Residents of the Promised Land | 75 |
Canaanites and Their Ancestors | 77 |
Caveman Crossroads | 78 |
Yet Another Big Change | 80 |
Downfall | 81 |
Making a Comeback | 82 |
Rebuilding | 83 |
Meet the Canaanites | 84 |
And Some Thanks to the Ugarites | 85 |
Children of God The Israelites | 87 |
Abraham of Ur | 88 |
The Exodus | 89 |
Pain Suffering and Deliverance | 90 |
Coming to Conquer | 91 |
Jericho Falls | 92 |
The Iron Age | 93 |
We Three Kings | 95 |
Written in Stone | 96 |
The Great Split | 97 |
The Evidence Increases | 98 |
The Coast Peoples | 101 |
The Philistine Pentapolis | 102 |
The Philistine Culture | 103 |
Pretty Pots | 104 |
Farming Philistines | 105 |
Samson Gets Rough | 106 |
Remaining Mysteries | 107 |
CityStates | 108 |
Meanwhile Back in Phoenicia | 109 |
Whered They Go? | 110 |
The Other Ites | 111 |
Big Groups Little Groups | 112 |
Leave Them Alone | 113 |
The Moabites | 114 |
Banned for Being Bad | 116 |
Desert Wanderers | 117 |
Yet More Conflict | 118 |
They Left Their Mark | 119 |
The Empires Nearby | 121 |
Mesopotamia Land Between the Rivers | 123 |
Early Civilizations in Iraq | 124 |
The Sumerians Creative Types | 126 |
Life in Ancient Sumer | 127 |
From Akkad to Babylon | 128 |
The Assyrians Bad Boys of Mesopotamia | 130 |
The War Machine | 131 |
Nebuchadrezzar of Biblical Fame | 132 |
The Hanging Gardens | 134 |
Time for a Change | 135 |
Egypt Land of the Pharaohs | 137 |
Egypt on the Map | 138 |
Cultural and Historical Highlights | 139 |
Floods Famines and Pharaohs | 141 |
Ten Terrible Traumas | 142 |
Natural Explanations | 143 |
Problems in the Homeland | 154 |
Troubles with the Greeks | 155 |
History Fast and Furious | 156 |
Spreading the Greek Culture | 157 |
True to the Faith | 158 |
The Origin of Hanukkah | 159 |
To Each Their Turn | 160 |
The Greatest Invention Ever | 163 |
WedgeScript | 164 |
Clever Decipherments | 166 |
No Easy Task | 169 |
Putting It Down | 170 |
The Official Version | 171 |
Saved from Destruction | 173 |
Daily Life in the Holy Land | 175 |
Worshipping the One God | 177 |
God Communicates with Man | 178 |
Offerings and Thanks | 179 |
A Portable Sanctuary | 180 |
The Ark of the Covenant | 181 |
Traveling with the Ark | 182 |
Making Sacrifices | 183 |
The Temple Takes a Beating | 185 |
A Place to Gather | 186 |
History Repeats Itself | 187 |
Wailing No More | 188 |
From Cradle to Grave | 191 |
The Mark of Circumcision | 192 |
Marriage | 193 |
A Roof over Ones Head | 194 |
City Life | 195 |
Staying Kosher | 196 |
Why Kosher? | 197 |
Going to Work | 198 |
What to Wear? | 199 |
A Measure of Wealth | 200 |
Meet Your Maker | 201 |
More Details? | 202 |
An Organized Society | 203 |
Holy Days and Festivals | 204 |
Reliving the Past | 205 |
A Day of Rest | 206 |
Obeying the Rules | 207 |
The Other 603 Plus | 208 |
Youd Need a Million More | 209 |
The Government of the People of God | 210 |
Jerusalem The City of David | 213 |
Sacred to Billions | 214 |
One Old City | 215 |
David Conquers a City | 216 |
Holding the Fort | 217 |
The Babylonians Prevail | 218 |
The Greeks and Romans Arrive | 219 |
Fighting for God and Glory | 220 |
More Blood Is Shed | 221 |
The Palestinian Question | 222 |
The Holy Land in the Time of Jesus | 225 |
The Romans Take Their Turn | 227 |
A Little Geography | 228 |
The First Republicans | 229 |
Building the Empire | 230 |
All Roads Led to Rome | 231 |
Emperors for Better or for Worse | 232 |
An Empire Falls | 233 |
Jewish Philosophies | 235 |
Zealots | 236 |
Where Jesus Walked | 237 |
The Gospel Truth | 238 |
The Unclear Early Years | 240 |
Miracles and Signs | 242 |
Is This the Messiah? | 243 |
Man or God? | 244 |
Short Stay in the Tomb | 246 |
Pieces of the Past | 248 |
Some Final Comments | 249 |
Building the Church | 251 |
Bad Boy Turned Good | 252 |
Sharing the Gospel | 253 |
Jesus for Everyone? | 254 |
The Jews Rebel | 255 |
The Believers Multiply | 256 |
Coming to an Agreement | 257 |
Something for Everyone | 258 |
The World of the Bible Today | 261 |
Visiting the Holy Land | 263 |
Coming Home | 264 |
Wars and More Wars | 265 |
The Violence Continues | 266 |
Getting There | 267 |
My Two Cents Worth | 268 |
Welcome to Jordan | 270 |
Egypts Pyramids Temples and Tombs | 271 |
King Tuts Hometown | 272 |
Way Down South | 273 |
The Polite Visitor | 274 |
Expanding Your Knowledge | 275 |
Back to School | 276 |
Its All Greek to You | 277 |
What Are You Doing This Weekend? | 278 |
On the Tube | 279 |
The Bible Online and on Disc | 280 |
Go Right to the Source | 281 |
Glossary | 283 |
Select Bibliography | 289 |
Resources for Further Exploration | 293 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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