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JERUSALEM. I’ve struggled for years to produce a fairly decent map of Jerusalem. What makes it tough is that we need higher resolution elevation data for tighter scenes like the one pictured here. But it’s not freely available for Israel. …
Q Curious souls with an eye for detail might notice that just about every time Bible writers talk about going to or from Jerusalem they say they are going “up to Jerusalem” (Galatians 2:1), or they are headed home “down from Jerusalem” (Luke 10:30). …
I KNOW HOW TO IRRITATE an Old Testament prof. Ask the question Nick Almendarez did, which becomes the Bible Question of the Week. Nick, you get a free book for your trouble, though an Old Testament prof might say what you really need is a good …
I DIDN’T REALIZE IT, but the apostle Paul was a traveling man long before he logged those 10,000 miles (16,000 km) on his missionary trips. I didn’t fully get that until I started working on a map for an upcoming book (not the quick map I created …
I THINK OF IT AS the Second Stoning of Stephen, circa mid-1990s. The first Stephen died—right after shouting, “Lord, don’t blame them for what they have done” (Acts 7:60 CEV). The second Stephen, me, lived—and shouted, “Let’s get to a police …
“They went to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and Jesus said, ‘Sit here while I go and pray.’” Mark 14:32 AFTER THE LAST SUPPER, Jesus and most of his disciples went to Gethsemane to pray. Judas, however, went to get temple officers. He brought …
IT WAS A SMALL VILLAGE David captured: Jebus, which soon became the City of David and later Jerusalem. No more than 2,500 people lived on this 11-acre piece of ground—about the size of 11 football fields: roughly 200 yards (180 m) wide and 600 yards …
