Recommended: Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands
I admit being a map-oholic. And I do enjoy archaeological tomes, but only the 'deep' ones (basically detective stories!).
It's an odd duck. It was published late 2023 / early 2024. It quacks like an intro volume. But it delivers pretty detailed information! Hard to put down.
Also the imagery is different too. It's almost as if the author carefully avoided including the usual imagery. I'd really like to zoom in, but you know Logos.
Anyway, a gem, this month. Fair warning: it's an ebook. No connects to ANET refs and so forth. Lots of Strabo.
Amazon reviews: https://www.amazon.com/Essential-Archaeological-Guide-Bible-Lands/dp/0736984704
(Which says there's lots of Bible refs; I couldn't see them but maybe I'm blind; I was hoping to CitedBy it).
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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Thanks! I'm a map-oholic too.
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Rosie Perera said:
Thanks! I'm a map-oholic too.
Same here.
Currently I enjoy reading https://www.logos.com/product/218517/holman-illustrated-guide-to-biblical-geography-reading-the-land very slowly.
Computer software could also provide some virtual experience with 3D glasses, my recommendation for the future Logos versions. And not only landscapes, also a liturgy in an early Christian church. Or a virtual desert hermit experience, with 3D glasses in a sauna
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Thanks for this! I am all in on maps--> archaeology --> pointing to Jewish and early church history --> original languages
I do hope that Logos does something new in maps and archaeology. Subscription or not, I would be all over that!!!
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Thanks! Great find!
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The Logos store also carries two other books by the same author:
I bought the first volume three years ago when it was on sale for $1.99. I greatly enjoyed reading it.
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Veli Voipio said:
Currently I enjoy reading https://www.logos.com/product/218517/holman-illustrated-guide-to-biblical-geography-reading-the-land very slowly.
Computer software could also provide some virtual experience with 3D glasses, my recommendation for the future Logos versions. And not only landscapes, also a liturgy in an early Christian church. Or a virtual desert hermit experience, with 3D glasses in a sauna
.Hard to remember Logos has 3D books! Many moons back, I put them in our 3D camera viewer.
That book you mention is important. It's hard to grasp a forested Palestine. Bears! And dating Enoch Parables from swampy farmland.
"If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.
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DMB said:
I admit being a map-oholic. And I do enjoy archaeological tomes, but only the 'deep' ones (basically detective stories!).
Thanks for the rec; I checked the Kindle sample and it's looking really good. I'm nowhere near 'oholic' stage but I'm getting more and more into maps and archaeology.
HJ. van der Wal said:The Logos store also carries two other books by the same author:
I noticed these two from Amazon and I did check if the author had other books on Logos and found none. Now I'm realizing it's because these two books are under Titus M Kennedy, and the recommended book is under Titus Kennedy. I hope Logos will make it consistent and stick with one name.
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DMB said:
I admit being a map-oholic.
I think there are lots of us closet mappers out there and are very untapped considering how poorly Logos does in this area. Logos, are you listening! please feed our addiction with an Atlas and other map features that works so well that I can wander through it for hours rather than give up in frustration after 5 minutes!
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danwdoo said:DMB said:
I admit being a map-oholic.
I think there are lots of us closet mappers out there and are very untapped considering how poorly Logos does in this area. Logos, are you listening! please feed our addiction with an Atlas and other map features that works so well that I can wander through it for hours rather than give up in frustration after 5 minutes!
I have NOT been a closet mapper! For years I have been constantly bringing this issue up concerning the lack of maps, but it seems to no avail. I DON'T NEED another feature! I need good maps! People are primarily visual learners! So I should be able to just right click on a location in my Bible text and see map options immediately! Instead, I have to do a search for a specific city, and then after about an hour, I give up and go else where! Quite frustrating, Logos! It shouldn't be this way!
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Charlene said:
I DON'T NEED another feature! I need good maps! People are primarily visual learners!
And Logos' problem is that I am not a visual learner, and I rarely use maps. I NEED decent lectionary support. But I will admit that both features if done well could be major selling points. Perhaps, my tabby and your marmalade should convene a planning conference.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Thanks everyone for the great suggestions. It struck me to create a folder in favorites to record suggestions from the forums. There are always great suggestions for resources here in the forums. Apparently I am not only a map-oholic but also a Logos addict.
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This is a nice resource. Too bad that it's an e-book. The layout of the Contents page fails to include the chapters organization by region, which can be found in the Amazon version
Chapter 1 - Mesopotamia and Persia
Uruk
Babylon
Nineveh
Ur
Harran
Susa
Chapter 2 - Egypt and Sinai
Rameses
Pithom
Heliopolis
Memphis
Thebes
Sinai
Chapter 3 - The Levant
Jerusalem
Ai
Dan
Gezer
Hazor
Jericho
Lachis
Megiddo
Rabbath-Ammon
Samaria
Schechem
Shiloh
Sidon
Sodom
Tyre
Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Philippi
Capernaum
Magdala
Nazareth
Tiberias
Chapter 4 - Anatolia
Ephesus
Smyrna
Pergamon
Thyatira
Sardis
Philadelphia
Laodicea
Patmos
Perga
Pisidian Antioch
Iconium
Lystra
Derbe
Colossae
Hattusa
Ararat
This book doesn't have many maps, like an Atlas. It does have four regional maps, which are very nice.They are simple, B&W. Can't say I've seen anything like them elsewhere. The book also includes city maps of some sites, like Jerusalem, Megiddo and Capernaum. However, there's no city map for Ephesus, even though it's a long entry.
Each chapter gives a history of the site, with interesting tid-bits. One example is the suggestion that Jesus didn't visit Tiberius to avoid Antipas, who executed John the Baptist.
A big strength of the book is its pictures. You see steles, reliefs, temples, gates, overview landscapes, buildings, etc. They're clear and thus useful for presentations. Some of the photos are from historical sources. Many look to be personally taken by the author. If you really like photos of biblical sites, check out Todd Bolen's site www.bibleplaces.com
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