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English: Approximate map showing the Kingdoms of Israel (blue) and Judah (orange), ancient Southern Levant borders and ancient cities such as Urmomium and Jerash. The map shows the region in the 9th century BCE.
Capper and others have concluded that ancient Bethany was the site of an almshouse for the poor and a place of care for the sick. There is a hint of association between Bethany and care for the unwell in the Gospels: Mark tells of Simon the Leper 's house there (Mark 14:3–10); Jesus receives urgent word of Lazarus' illness from Bethany (John ...
The maps of Palestine were first published in 1841 to accompany the first edition of Biblical Researches in Palestine, and published again in 1856 to accompany the second edition. [2] It has been described as the most important element of Robinson's publication: "Perhaps, Robinson’s most important accomplishment, however, was the drawing of ...
Canaan as it was possessed both in Abraham and Israels dayes with the stations and bordering nations. The John Speed map of Canaan, formally titled "Canaan as it was possessed both in Abraham and Israels dayes with the stations and bordering nations," is an ancient wall map of the Land of Israel drawn by the English historian and cartographer John Speed in 1595.
The biblical Bashan/Basan was the whole area from Adra (Deraa) at its ancient capital to the Hauran mountains. Its highest peak may be the Hill of Basan referenced in Psalm 68:15 . In the 1st century BCE, the land was acquired by Herod the Great , who established a community of Jews from Babylon who were brought to Batanaea for the purpose of ...
Founded in 1958, it is the principal publisher of cartographic material in Israel. [2] Carta publishes Israel's national atlas, as well as road maps for motorists, a bilingual gazetteer ( The Toponomasticon: The Book of Geographical Names ) [ 3 ] which uses material from Israel's Survey of Israel geographical database, 1:500,0000 scale maps of ...
The ruins of Beitin, the site of ancient Bethel, during the 19th century. Bethel (Hebrew: בֵּית אֵל, romanized: Bēṯ ʾĒl, "House of El" or "House of God", [1] also transliterated Beth El, Beth-El, Beit El; Greek: Βαιθήλ; Latin: Bethel) was an ancient Israelite city and sacred space that is frequently mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
The Creation of History in Ancient Israel (Routledge, 1995) Cook, Stephen L., The social roots of biblical Yahwism (Society of Biblical Literature, 2004) Day, John (ed.), In search of pre-exilic Israel: proceedings of the Oxford Old Testament Seminar (T&T Clark International, 2004) Frevel, Christian, History of Ancient Israel (SBL Press, 2023)