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Biblical Maps: The Secret Weapon to Anchor Your Study of Scripture

December 19, 2020 by Tavis Bohlinger 3 Comments

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I have never visited the frozen northern territory of Siberia, but when reading The Gulag Archipelago I utilized maps of Russia’s vast terrain to try and conceptualize Solzhenitsyn’s scenes of oppression and hopelessness.

I’ve had a similar experience reading Acts when tracing the geographical movements of apostles alongside the written narrative of the Biblical text. Biblical maps are visual anchor points for the imagination.

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: archaeology, atlas, Bible, bible technology, biblical archaeology, carta, digs, finds, jerusalem, map, maps, Pre-Pub, prepub, reference

Interview & Photo Essay: The Urban World and the First Christians

November 29, 2018 by Tavis Bohlinger 3 Comments

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Photographs by David Gill

We are pleased to feature an exclusive interview with the co-editors of an exciting collection of essays on Christianity and the ancient city, The Urban World and the First Christians (UWFC). [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Interview, New Testament Tagged With: archaeology, Bible, christians, classics, corinth, david, gill, new, paul, philippi, religion, rome, steve, testament, trebilco, urban, walton

Why should we care about the Dead Sea Scrolls?

February 18, 2017 by Tavis Bohlinger 6 Comments

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The big news of last week was the announcement by Hebrew University, and Craig Evans here on theLAB, that a 12th Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) cave was discovered just last month.

But why are the DSS important? [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: archaeology, barclay, cave 12, dss, great isaiah scroll, habakkuk

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