The Bible History Atlas, intended for young readers, tells the full story of the Bible from Genesis to Acts with the addition of beautiful watercolor maps and illustrations. The 96 maps in this atlas of the Bible are enhanced by a text and study notes written by the renowned British biblical scholar, F. F. Bruce. The Bible History Atlas is not only a useful reference for finding places mentioned in the Bible, but also a marvelously well-writte...
In order to understand the world of the New Testament, it is essential to recognize the geographical realities of the first-century world in which the Gospel spread. By learning about these places and the historical interconnections between them, readers of the New Testament can better appreciate the phenomenal growth of the early church and how it took place.Understanding the New Testament: An Introductory Atlas is a perfect Bible atlas for d...
The majority of the biblical story took place in a very small yet interesting land nestled along the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. However, fully understanding the context of the biblical narrative requires casting a wider net, one that encompasses all of Israel's neighbors. Richly documented with maps and profusely illustrated, Understanding the Geography of the Bible, the third in the series of Carta's introductory atlases to ...
Both entertaining and educational, A-dventure-Z: The Story of the Alphabet illustrates the history and development of the ancient signs that eventually led to the creation of the Roman alphabet. Under the influence of Egyptian hieroglyphics, proto-Canaanite pictograms in the second millennium B.C.E. evolved and split into different alphabetical systems, such as Phoenician, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and Arabic. The illustrations in this book are ...
Jerusalem: The Temple Mount is the first modern guide to the Temple Mount for visitors of all religions. This authoritative Temple Mount guide contains priceless information and is richly documented with detailed maps, plans and reconstructive illustrations. This guide to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount is 5 1/2" x 8", which fits tourists' backpacks perfectly.
The Sacred Bridge will be the Bible Atlas of Record and Standard Work for the coming decades. Exhaustive in scope and rich in detail, with its comprehensive documentation of the Near Eastern background to Biblical History, this Bible Atlas from Carta is one more stepping stone on the way to the study and understanding of the Holy Scriptures.,
In the Master's Steps, the first of four atlases in The Carta New Testament Atlas series, sheds fresh light on the Gospels by focusing on the physical setting for the life of Jesus, and includes recent advances in history, geography, toponomy, and archaeology. In the Master's Steps assists the reader to hear more clearly the message Jesus proclaimed by providing a better understanding of the physical setting and events from his extraordinary l...
Made for non-experts, Carta's Understanding Biblical Archaeology is an introductory atlas to a fascinating subject that sheds light on the lives and customs of the ancient peoples who inhabited the world of the Bible. This atlas provides an introduction to biblical archeology as well as an overview of some of the most important sites discovered in the Holy Land. Understanding Biblical Archeology also includes maps and photos of excavations and...
Though centered in the southern Levant, Understanding Biblical Kingdoms and Empires: An Introductory Atlas and Comparative View shows that the world of the Bible is much larger, stretching across the ancient Near East and filling the eastern Mediterranean Basin. This innovative and colorful atlas features numerous maps, illustrations, and photographs, and focuses on the dynamics between the great empires that ruled the world during biblical ti...
Carta's Illustrated Bible Atlas is packed with information on the lands and cities where the events of the Bible took place. To understand them, it is necessary to have some knowledge of the historical and geographical setting. Biblical scholar F. F. Bruce's historical notes in this concise and colorful Bible atlas provide just that. Apart from the helpful maps and historical records, the Illustrated Bible Atlas has a handy index in the back, ...
Carta's Historical Atlas of Jerusalem is a concise edition of Dan Bahat's highly acclaimed Carta Jerusalem Atlas, which is the premier atlas for the study of the history, geography, and archaeology of Jerusalem. Carta's Historical Atlas of Jerusalem reveals the historical and architectural development of the Holy City by means of maps and diagrams, floorplans and photographs, and includes twelve full-page maps of Jerusalem, one for each chapte...
Jerusalem - City of Kings: A Carta Atlas by Dan Bahat reflects a lifetime of research and study of Jerusalem from the time of the First Temple up until the life of Jesus. Bahat paints a vivid picture of the city through both text and illustrations, providing the student and reader of the Bible a more profound understanding of Jerusalem's turbulent history and the immense changes it saw over the centuries.Sufficiently detailed for scholars and ...
The Dead Sea Scrolls are undoubtedly the most important discovery found in Israel in the field of the Bible and history of Judaism and Christianity" (Yigael Yadin).Fragments of about nine hundred different scrolls from the Second Temple period were discovered in eleven caves at Qumran between 1947 and 1956. No one is better qualified than Hanan Eshel-with his vast experience in the field, wide historical knowledge and superb scholarship-to tel...
The Land of Jesus Then and Now covers in a concise and authoritative way the most important sites of Christianity in the Holy Land. G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville begins with what Moses saw from Mount Nebo, looking at the land and then at its rulers and people in the time of Jesus. He then traces the life of Jesus, from his birthplace in Bethlehem, to his flight into Egypt and return to Nazareth, his ministry, and the events that followed-the Pass...
Celebrated scholar Franklin H. Littell presents an innovative solution to the visual representation of faith in the modern age with Carta's Illustrated History of Christianity. This book of Christian history is an essential reference work based on the latest scholarship and features over 400 maps and illustrations. Carta's Illustrated History of Christianity is for anyone interested in learning about the history of Christianity, both in and ou...
This long-awaited reprint of Avi-Yonah's landmark work covers a period of historical geography in the land of Israel that has seen little additional comparable research. Spanning the Exilic, Intertestamental, New Testament, and later Roman periods, this volume is invaluable for Old Testament, Early Judaism, New Testament, and Talmudic studies. Professor Anson Rainey adds a useful toponymic index as well as text revisions. A new foreword is pre...
It all started here and Professor F.F. Bruce tells the story.Relive the world-shaking events that brought us the Bible with the Jubilee Edition of Carta's Compact Bible Atlas. Over 30 beautiful color maps, historical notes, and a handy index in the back tell the story succinctly, accurately, and pleasantly in this conveniently-sized book that's a perfect companion volume to your regular Bible reading.
Parables of the Sages: Jewish Wisdom from Jesus to Rav Ashi is a ground-breaking work in the study of parables in late antiquity. For the first time ever, R. Steven Notley and Ze'ev Safrai provide a complete annotated collection of narrative parables found in the earliest stratum of Rabbinic Judaism, the literature of the Tannaim. These pedagogical gems are presented in their original Hebrew language with a fresh English translation. The autho...
The Jordan River holds great historical and religious significance. Through breathtaking photographs Carta's The River Jordan: An Illustrated Guide from Bible Days to the Present not only takes the reader on a virtual tour of the Jordan River, but also of the landscapes, towns and holy sites on both sides of the river, such as Nazareth, Shiloh, Emmaus, and the River Jabbok.This book is designed for Christian tourists and provides panoramic vis...
