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ospeleography

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Palestinein the days of

Christ

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Beginning

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ospeleography

in

Gospel in Geography • John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

• John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among

us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and

truth.

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Mediterranean Sea

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ospeleography

in

Palestine in the days of Christ

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01 Mediterranean Sea 02 Sea of Galilee 03 Nazareth 04 Mt Carmel 05 Judea 06 Idumea 07 Bethlehem 08 Wise men – East 09 Egypt 10 Galilee 11 Jerusalem 12 Jordan 13 Betharabah 14 Cana 15 Capernaum 16 Gennesaret 17 Dalmanutha 18 Nain

19 Gergesa 20 Bethsaida 21 Phoenicia 22 Tyre 23 Sidon 24 Decapolis 25 Caesarea Philippi 26 Mt Hermon 27 Samaria 28 Jericho 29 Bethphage 30 Bethany 31 Gethsemane 32 Cyrene 33 Arimathea 34 Golgotha 35 Emmaus 36 Mt Olives

Where are these places ?

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Palestine Region

Nazareth .Mt Carmel .

Bethlehem .

Wise men – East

Jerusalem .

Egypt

JUDEA

Jord

an R

iver

GALILEE . Bethsaida

Gennesaret .ID

UMEA

Tyre .Sidon .

DECAPOLIS

Caesarea Philippi .

Jericho .Bethphage .Arimathea .

. Bethany. Betharabah

Cana . . Nain

. Gergesa

. Mt Hermon

Samaria .

.Sea of Galilee

PHOENICIA .

Dalmanutha .Capernaum .Mediterranean Sea

. Emmaus

JerusalemGethsemane

GolgothaMt Olives

Sychar .D

ead

Sea

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AfricaEgypt

Portugal / SpainItaly

GreeceTurkey

Mediterranean Sea

Pale

stine

Black Sea

This is another map we often use

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Straits of Gibraltar.

Mediterranean Sea Pale

stine

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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

The Mediterranean basin was the scene of most ancient civilizations which have greatly influenced that of the western world, except those whose home was in the valleys of the Tigris and the Euphrates; and even these continually thrust themselves into it, so far as they could. As its name implies, it is an inland area, united to the Atlantic only by the narrow Straits of Gibraltar. In comparatively recent geological time it was also joined to the Red Sea, the alluvial deposits of the Nile, which have extended

the line of the Delta, having with the aid of drifting desert sands subsequently closed the passage and joined the continents of Asia and Africa.

• The Great Sea• No decent harbor

South of Mt. Carmel• Fair weather harbors

– Joppa– Dor

• Philistines inhabited the southern portion of the coastal plain– Came from Crete– Settled Gaza

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•Dor

•Joppa

• Gaza

•Mt Carmel

• The Great Sea• Excellent harbors

North of Mt. Carmel– Plain of Accho– Tyre– Sidon

• Herod the Great– Enlarged a city on

the coast and called it Caesarea

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•Caesarea

•Plain of Accho

•Tyre

• Sidon