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Bible Lands, Then and Now

Abraham's homeland is present-day Iraq; the Palestine of Jesus' ministry is today a land of turmoil. This book gives a brief but instructive view of Bible lands - from Mesopotamia to Palestine, from North Africa to Syria, from Asia Minor to Italy - then and now.

Used by permission from Bridgeway Publications.  http://bridgeway.org.au/titles.php

This is the 1st book in a five book series that has 35 1 page articles along with 35 color photos.

Each of these 5 Pictorial books have 35 full-page colour plates, accompanied by 35 one-page articles that are both informative and inspirational. The articles are an explanatory comment on the biblical text, written with a practical up-to-date relevance that makes the books suitable for a range of uses, from easy-to-read reference materials to attractive gift books.

About Bridgeway Books and Don Fleming

Bridgeway books, though credible reference works, are non-technical in style.

They are based on a firm biblical scholarship and the assured belief that once readers understand the Bible, they will find it has its own way of making itself relevant to them. Preachers, teachers and other Christian workers have found that these books do much of the preparation work for them, by helping them understand the Bible as it might have been understood by its first readers.

Bridgeway Books have been written by Don Fleming who has had wide experience in evangelism, church planting and Bible teaching, in his home country of Australia, and in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Pacific. He is well known for his ability to explain the Bible writings concisely and simply, both in his preaching and in his writing. Bridgeway Book titles are detailed here.

Bridgeway Books have been translated into more than forty five languages.

The "bridge" element in the title reflects the aim of all Bridgeway books - to bridge two gaps at once - the gap between the word of the Bible and the world of today; and the gap between technical reference works and the ordinary reader.

Bridgeway Books are easy to read and especially suited to those who use English as a second language.


See Other Bridgeway Titles

• Bridgeway Bible Commentary http://www.biblesupp...entary-updated/
  
• Bridgeway Bible Dictionary http://www.biblesupp...flemingdctxexe/
  
• Christianity Basics Series http://www.biblesupp...-basics-series/
  
• Making Sense http://www.biblesupp...n-making-sense/
  
• Let the Bible Speak For Itself http://www.biblesupp...eak-for-itself/

Books in the Pictoral Series Include:

• Bible Lands, Then and Now http://www.biblesupp...s-then-and-now/
  
• Following Jesus http://www.biblesupp...ollowing-jesus/
  
• Parables and Pictures http://www.biblesupp...s-and-pictures/
  
• Proverbs Today http://www.biblesupp...proverbs-today/
  
• Going Places with Paul http://www.biblesupp...aces-with-paul/

© Don Fleming 2002
All Rights Reserved
ISBN 0 947342 24 9
Bridgeway Publications
GPO Box 2547
Brisbane 4001
Australia


CONTENTS

Mesopotamia 3
‘Great Babylon, which I have built’ 4
Rise and fall of Assyria 5
From favour to hostility 6
God’s sovereign control 7
From ‘Canaan’ to ‘Palestine’ 8
Ancestral homeland 9
‘O Jerusalem, Jerusalem’ 10
Regal ambitions 11
Towards a wider world 12
Side by side 13
Hope out of Galilee 14
Small river, deep valley 15
Balm in Gilead? 16
Views across Jordan 17
The cost of pride 18
Upheaval in Arabia 19
Power, control and self-interest 20
Land of bondage 21
Out of Africa 22
New directions 23
Israel’s northern neighbours 24
Cities by the sea 25
The power of language 26
One empire after another 27
Syrian Christians 28
Across the mountains 29
Evangelism in Turkey 30
People of influence 31
The great divide 32
Civilization and the cross 33
From vibrant outreach to dead orthodoxy 34
Islands 35
Looking west 36
Rome and beyond 37
Map: The world of the Bible story 38
Map: Palestine of the Bible story 39