This is a nice Bible atlas! I’d seen in the past its earlier iteration called “The Lion Atlas of Bible History”. When I saw that work decades ago, I kind of thought it stood out in some ways, but over the years it started to look quite dated, and I didn’t often consult it. In this polished rebroadcast, it again has “pop”. Its being so easy on the eyes serves to highlight its judicious choices for coverage. In short, it has exactly what you’ll likely be looking for in a Bible Atlas.

The list of things that I like about this volume is quite long. Its maps are vivid, scaled appropriately, and imaginatively designed. The charts and graphs are well chosen. The pictures, especially of Bible sites, were fantastic and nice to just pause and drink in. A Bible Atlas is not a book that you usually read from cover to cover, but anything that tickled your fancy certainly had wonderful text to go with it. I thought every article was excellent and said so much without overly accumulating paragraphs.

It was one of the better Atlas as well in providing a variety of maps for specific Bible events. Some Bible Atlases try to cram large swaths of Bible history into one map. What you have here is more to my liking for sure.

I thought this atlas was especially successful in providing chronological and archaeological data. It always mentions conservative dating respectfully, even if the authors appear to lean another way. Actually, it’s even good at laying out the reasons why there is debate about certain dates in the first place. For example, the dating of the Exodus, and why it is debated, is clearly presented.

We as Bible students are particularly blessed as there are a plethora of outstanding Bible atlases in print. Be sure to consider this one as one of your main options.

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