An extraordinary collection of historical and geographical works on the Bible from the Carta Publishing House in Jerusalem has been announced for Accordance Bible Software (Mac).  Some of these works are the best in the field and available nowhere else electronically. 


Bible Lands Atlases

• The Sacred Bridge
• Carta’s New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible
• The Carta Bible Atlas
• The Illustrated Bible Atlas with Historical Notes
• Bible History Atlas Study Edition
• The Onomasticon by Eusebius of Caesarea

Jerusalem

• The Illustrated Atlas of Jerusalem
• Carta’s Historical Atlas of Jerusalem
• Jerusalem in the Time of Nehemiah
• Jerusalem in the Year 30 A.D.

Temple

• The Quest
• Carta’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of The Holy Temple in Jerusalem
• The Holy Temple of Jerusalem

You can purchase the entire collection for $500, but there are other less expensive packages available.  All the details are here.

HT: William Krewson

Some months ago, I mentioned a Logos Bible Software collection of books entitled “Travels through Bible Lands Collection.”  This fifteen-volume collection was listed in their pre-publication specials for $130.  That collection and many others did not receive sufficient interest and so it has now been moved to “community pricing” where a large number of orders results in a greatly reduced price. 

Thus you could now pick up all 15 electronic books for $20 if enough people place bids.  Here are a list of titles:

• The Land of Israel: A Journal of Travels in Palestine, by Henry B. Tristram (1876)
• Land of Moab: Travels and Discoveries on the East Side of the Dead Sea and Jordan, by Henry B. Tristram (1876)
• Early Travels in Palestine, by Thomas Wright (1848)
• Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon: with travels in Armenia, Kurdistan and Desert, by Austen Henry Layard (1871)
• Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and Across the Desert into Egypt, by William Wittman (1803)
• Social Life in Egypt, by Stanley Lane-Poole (1884)
• East of the Jordan: A Record of Travel and Observation in Moab, Gilead, and Bashan, by Selah Merrill (1881)
• Fifty-Three Years in Syria, Vol. 1, by Henry Jessup (1910)
• Fifty-Three Years in Syria, Vol. 2, by Henry Jessup (1910)
• A Brief Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, by Caroline Hazard (1909)
• The Unvarying East, by E. J. Hardy (1848)
• Among the Turks, by Cyrus Hamlin (1878)
• Through Persia on a Side-Saddle, by John MacQueen (1901)
• Palestine Past and Present, by James Challen (1859)
• My Winter on the Nile, by Charles Warner (1892)

The ones in bold are those I’m familiar with and believe would be worth at least $20 each.  The others may be outstanding, but I have no knowledge of them.  In short, for $130 this is a tough one to recommend.  For $20, this would be an excellent addition to your Logos collection.  If you’re interested, click on over to the Logos website and place your bid.  If enough of us chip in, we all will get a fantastic deal.

In the near future I plan to suggest my own “Travels through Bible Lands Collection.”  There are many books better than these and perhaps if Logos is successful with this one, they’ll do a follow-up with my favorite resources.

Popular author and teacher Dr. Charlie Dyer has begun a new weekly radio show entitled “The Land and the Book.”  In the first month, he has interviewed Israeli tour guide Amir Tzarfati, Charles Ryrie, Howard Hendricks, Tom Doyle, and Joel Rosenberg.  Some of the interviews are more oriented to the biblical lands whereas others focus more on interpretation of Scripture.  Programs also include discussion on recent events in the Middle East as well as devotions related to biblical history.  You can see descriptions of each program and subscribe to the podcast here.

HT: Wayne Stiles

Eisenbrauns has announced a new book by Anson Rainey entitled Teaching History and Historical Geography of Bible Lands: A Syllabus.  Few details about the publication are available beyond its release date in December.  Rainey taught a popular course in advanced Historical Geography for decades at the Institute of Holy Land Studies (now Jerusalem University College).  A lifetime of research culminated in The Sacred Bridge, the most detailed resource on the subject ever written.  I look forward to his latest contribution.