Leaves from an old Bible Atlas #9


Hurlbutt’s Atlas, p. 12

The Christian fascination with the Holy Land as a window into interpretation of the Bible has a long and indeed fascinating history of its own. Here I conclude the thread on Jesse Lyman Hurlbutt’s A Bible Atlas (New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1947, first published in 1882). What better way than with maps. Here then is Palestine in all its cartographic glory.