The valley's strategic importance can be seen on any map of Palestine. It led to the heartland of Canaan, and sat amidst influential trading routes. Great cities in antiquity, such as Megiddo, and Ibleam, sat in this valley. These cities guarded passes through Mount Carmel, thus they ...
“It was public, demeaning, and painful,” says the bookPalestinein the Time of Jesus, “and it was designed to strike fear into the hearts of any who would dare pose a threat to the status quo.” Buk moro miluongo ni Palestine in the Time of Jesus, wacho kama: “Ne itime e lela...
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Below is a location map and aerial view of Shepherds' Fields. Using the buttons on the left (or the wheel on your mouse), you can zoom in for a closer look, or zoom out to get your bearings. To move around, click and drag the map with your mouse....
In New Testament times Samaria was under Roman control and was to some extent a centre for Hellenisticculture.Jesushad little to do with the Samaritans, but, in the apostolic age, Greek-speaking Christians preached to them; this preaching marked a transition stage in the extension of the church...
Map of Palestine.(From a Passover Haggadah printed at Amsterdam, 1695.) The northern part of the coastal plain, called the plain of Sharon in the Old Testament, extends from the Nahr Rubin to Mount Carmel and is much more level than the southern part. It has few considerable elevations,...
No. The above world map is ofJuly 1914, at the beginning of World War I. The Paris Peace Conference begins inJanuary 1919. When the some 25 nations around the world — representing a global jury — participating in the post-war conference convened, they were unaware of theSykes-Picot Agr...
There is actually a map shown in the ‘history’ video. Remember this video has had almost 10 million views. The invention of ancient Palestine: Ancient ‘Palestine’ on a map of ancient Egypt circa 2000bc is the biggest load of ahistorical poppycock you are ever likely to see. They may...
A careful reading of Jesus as Lord of history leaves no doubt that He would be the first to say an emphatic NO to the atrocities of the State of Israel. The issue of the Palestinians and Israel deserves the attention of every person on this planet. Our choice is not one between Jews ...
makes up the State of Israel were promised to them through Abraham by the Gods. We say "Gods" because one is Jehovah and the other is Allah. Of course the Muslims will argue both are one in the same, the Jewish peoples flatly deny this claim. Both consider the opposite view as ...