Biblical Mapping

Biblical mapping relates to the various uses that have been made of maps in seeking to understand or explain the Bible. It embraces maps found in [Page 196][Page 197]bibles, in special biblical atlases, stand-alone maps, and maps in tracts explaining biblical passages. Given that (a) the narratives that compose, and the events related within, the Judeo-Christian scriptures took place in, or are located within, the areas of Palestine, the Levant, Egypt, and Mesopotamia and that (b) most of those religious texts present their story within a historical form, it is not surprising that they have attracted attempts at mapping since a very early period after their canonization among both Jews and Christians. When events, places, pieces of land, and movements of individuals (e.g., Jesus going ...