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"One of the most valuable tools for Bible study... much more than a collection of maps. It is a graphicportrayal of and a reliable commentary on the historyand geography of Israel." Southwestern Journal of Theology "Of the many Bible atlases that have appeared in the last decade, this one deserves particular commendation." Christianity Today "This atlas makes an impressive reference work for the biblical student of any faith, or none, and surely belongs on every library shelf, if not the coffee table." Chicago Daily News Yohanan Aharoni (1919–76) was Professor of Archaeology, Chairman of the Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, and Chairman of the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University. He wrote six books, among them The Land of the Bible and The Jews in Their Land, and participated in the discovery of the Bar Kokhba caves while excavating the Dead Sea region in 1953. Michael Avi-Yonah (1904–74) was Professor of Archaeology and History of Art at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He wrote numerous books and papers, among them In the Time of Rome and Byzantium, A Historical Geography of the Holy Land from the Return to Zion until the Arab Conquest, and Gazetteer of Roman Palestine. He planned and constructed a model of Second Temple Jerusalem at 1:50 scale.. Anson F.Rainey is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures and Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University and has also taught Historical Geography at the American Institute for Holy Land Studies and at Bar-Ilan University. He has participated in more than 25 seasons of field excavations and has a Masters of Theology in Old Testament and a Ph.D. with specialization in Ancient Near Eastern Languages. He is the author of the monumental work, Canaanite in the Amarna Tablets (4 vols.). Ze'ev Safrai is Professor of Land of Israel Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He has written and edited more than ten books, among them The Economy of Roman Palestine: The Missing Century, as well as dozens of articles.
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