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001			853452042
003			OCoLC
005			20250317165619.0
008			130722s2013 ch abo b 000 0 eng d
020			_a9789868942301 (hardcover)
020			_a9868942306 (hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)853452042
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245	0	0	_aGeography of the Holy Land : _bnew insights / _c[edited by] William A. Dando, Caroline Z. Dando, [and] Jonathan J. Lu.
260			_aKaohsiung, Taiwan : _bHoly Light Theological Seminary Press, _cc2013.
300			_axiii, 450 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c27 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	2		_aI. Introduction -- Understanding Biblical teachings in their geographical context / D. Kelly Ogden -- II. Critical issues : towards a new theology of cities -- The first precept (Genesis 1:28), the primary purpose of cities, and the provision of God / Ronald R. Boyce -- The first precept : implications for a new theology of cities / Ronald R. Boyce -- Jerusalem : a city for all seasons / Ronald R. Boyce -- The Jerusalem famine of A.D. 70 : a horrible tribute to human failings / William A. Dando -- III. Critical issues : people, places, and events -- Who was Abraham? Abraham in the tradition and literature of the three faiths that claim him / Dorothy Drummond -- Ezekiel's Tyre / Dorothy Drummond -- The oracles against Tyre / Dorothy Drummond -- Seeing Bible geography in the light of the Ascension narrative in Acts / Matthew Sleeman -- Searching for the real Lukan Emmaus / Jonathan J. Lu -- An essay on "Geography in the letters to the seven churches in the Apocalypse : an example from Sardis" -- Jonathan J. Lu -- IV. Critical issues : geopolitics and military tactics in ancient Israel -- The fertile crescent : from Ur to Haran to Hebron / Donald J. Zeigler -- Weather, climate, and warfare in ancient Israel : 1900 B.C. to A.D. 70 / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu -- Rehoboam's defenses for Judah in the tenth-ninth centuries B.C. / Perry G. Phillips -- The geography and military strategy of King Uzziah : an expansionist policy that led to his destruction / Gordon Franz -- V. Critical issues : climate, weather, stress, and food/famine responses -- Climate, environmental and social stress, and modern religious thought / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu -- Bitter, sweet, and living water in ancient Israel : treasured, conserved, and squandered in human acts or by omission / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu -- Dew and its religious symbolism in ancient Israel / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu -- Faith-based response to human needs : the A.D. 46 famine in Jerusalem / William A. Dando and Bharath Ganesh Babu -- VI. Critical issues : foods, lifestyle, resources for teaching, and a moderl for a Vacation Bible School adult unit -- Climates, foods, and lifestyles in the Holy Land : 63 B.C. to A.D. 70 / Caroline Z. Dando and William A. Dando -- Viewing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from above : old resources and modern technologies for understanding the geography of the Bible / William A. Dando and Lara M. Dando -- Daniel and the Babylonian exile : an adult class component of a Vacation Bible School in Terre Haute, Indiana : a joint program of Centenary United Methodist Church, Central Presbyterian Church, and Trinity Lutheran Church (Daniel 1-6; 9:15-19) / William A. Dando and Thomas C. Barnett.
630	0	0	_aBible _xGeography _xStudy and teaching.
651		0	_aPalestine _xHistorical geography.
651		0	_aIsrael _xHistorical geography.
700	1		_aDando, William A., _d1934-
700	1		_aDando, Caroline Z.
700	1		_aLu, Jonathan J.
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