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Last revised October 24, 2007
New Additions - Fall,
2007/Winter, 2008
Uses Google maps and locates every place
named in Scripture and includes the Scriptural reference. Add the free tool
InstaVerse
(see description in next entry). Allows you to get a good general idea of the
location but in absence of other named well known sites, one loses the sense
of context. It is still worth examining, but I think the tool in the next
entry may prove more useful.
Click the link above - the page that opens
has a timeline at the top of the page. This timeline deals primarily
with historical events related to Christianity beginning in AD 1-300 (a few
events in the 6000-1BC tab). Click the tab of the date range you are
interested in and then click
on specific people or events. Interesting especially for us history
afficianados. From Christian History
Institute.
Beta version but it seems to work fairly
well. Utilizing the well known Google satellite maps, a choice of either the
ESV or the KJV and the information in the 1913 International Standard Bible
Encyclopedia (ISBE), this tool has links built into the passages that
will open a window connected to the name of the place in the passage.
Furthermore some of the information windows include a collection of
photographs of the place you are studying. This is what computers are good at
doing and it will probably become one of my favorites as they tweak it. And if
you have another free tool
InstaVerse
you can pop up all of the Scripture references in the ISBE article. Remember
that only the
KJV is free with the initial install of Instaverse. Other popular versions
are available for purchase. When you hold the mouse pointer over a Scripture
reference anywhere on the Web (as well as offline in Word for Windows, email,
etc) the passage pops up immediately.
InstaVerse
can be disabled if the popups
become distractive. This utility really does work and makes it easy to read
the actual passage in context and not just the chapter and verse reference.
This tool has a well done simple map of
Israel and the surrounding areas. Notice that if you hold you pointer over a
place name, an information window on the right side gives you the dictionary
entries from Smith's, ISBE and/or Easton's Dictionaries. This tool can be used
on your own web site at no charge.
This is not a link to maps on the web but
to a freeware program that allows you to download and install a satellite
image map of Israel to be run on your own computer.
Click
for an example of what the maps
look like and for a link to download the program. The information on the host
site states that...
This program installs on your hard drive
and is basically a small website that runs locally on your computer. It is
centered around a satellite map of the Holy Land which is annotated with 135
place names. The map has a floating menu that always stays at the top left of
the screen when the large map is scrolled vertically and horizontally. There
are five zoom levels to the map, with the largest providing a 7200 x 5400
pixel image size, and the smallest being the 900 pixel wide image on the main
page. The images cover the area from Mt Hermon on the North to the Dead Sea to
the South...
Here is the link to download the program
HLSAT.exe.
(29.8MB which upzips to 69.8MB) which I was
able to install easily. After you click the EXE program, your computer will
ask you for permission to download and run the program. Although it supposedly
will install an Icon on your Start, my program did not and I had to go to
"Start" > "All Programs" > "Holy Land Satellite Map" > HLSAT Icon which I
dragged to my Desktop and clicked to start the program. The map is
topographical and it is somewhat difficult to "get one's bearings" so to
speak. The colors are the actual colors of the land of Israel as it is today
and this creates a somewhat monotonous terrain.
When a placename is clicked in the menu,
the map centers over the placename, to make it easier to find. Clicking on the
name on the map pops up a page with a brief narrative describing the site
(from Easton's or Holman's Bible Dictionaries), and sometimes a photo of the
site as well as active links to scriptures referenced in the narrative.
Clicking on a scripture link opens a page of the King James Version of the
Holy Bible with the referenced verse at the top of the page. Alternatively you
could use
InstaVerse
to pop up the Scriptures in your preferred
Bible version.
DOWNLOAD
InstaVerse
for free. It is an easy to
install and simple to use Bible Verse pop up tool that allows you to read
cross references in
context and in the Version you prefer. Only the KJV is free with this
download but you can also download a free copy of
Bible Explorer
which in turn offers
free Bibles
that work with
InstaVerse,
including the excellent, literal translation, the English Standard Version (ESV).
Other popular versions are available for purchase. When you hold the mouse
pointer over a Scripture reference anywhere on the Web (as well as offline in
Word for Windows, email, etc) the passage pops up immediately.
InstaVerse
can be disabled if the popups
become distractive. This utility really does work and makes it easy to read
the actual passage in context and not just the chapter and verse reference
BlueLetterBible Maps
Many of these maps are old style layout and not as attractive as many modern
maps
This is an interesting
chart especially if you are studying Acts or one of the Pauline
Epistles but note there is not complete agreement on the dates
Paul's Journey
(Unbound Bible)
To walk through each of
Paul's missionary journeys city by city click the following links
for the map beneath which are the cities
Many of the maps in the list are black and white
and/or of variable quality
Color Maps from Bible History Online
These maps are on
preceptaustin.org and can be used freely
Maps from Biblestudy.org.
Resolution not good in
some of these maps
Between the Old and
New Testament
Temple in the New Testament
Map of Corinth - very nice virtual tour
- click name like "bema" and picture opens
Paul's Journeys: pictures of the sites
plus Scripture (Recommended for anyone studying the book of Acts or
letters of Paul)
Satellite Image Maps:
On preceptaustin.org
courtesy of ISV Foundation - Note you may need to resize these for
optimal resolution (double click map and in right lower corner click the
icon).
Simple Maps Corresponding to New
Testament Books
These maps corresponding to
chapters of Phillips Paraphrase of the New Testament
American Bible Society
Their Interactive Map
section
is innovative. It takes a while to load initially but is worth the wait. It's
a bit tricky to use at first.
Step 1 - Click
Interactive Maps
and then select "Interactive Map Collection" which is the first link in the
list. This will open a smaller window.
Step 2 - In this
small window, hold pointer over the main map and left click mouse button.
Notice your pointer changes to a magnifying glass. Left click mouse to zoom in
(zoom out control is the magnifying glass in bottom right). Once you have
zoomed in, the magnifying glass changes back to a pointer.
Step 3 - Hold down the
left mouse key and use it to move the map. Notice that the red rectangle in
bottom left also moves to help orient your location).
Step 4 - Zoom out to the
original map. Note the list of empires on the left side of the map just above
the picture of the World (the globe in bottom left corner). Hold your pointer
over the empires and the route of Abraham and note map highlights the
corresponding location. It is a nice feature but a bit too small, so that you
will need to zoom in.
Step 5 - Note the
dropdown box in the banner across the top (it probably reads "The
Ancient Near East, 1800 to 1400 BC). Click the red arrow on the right side
to view a list of maps identical to those below, except that each is an
interactive format.
NET Bible Maps from Bible.org
Biblelands Visual Tour
