Geography of the Holy Land: new insights

I. 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.