Aerial Atlas of the Holy Land: Discover the Great Sites of History from the Air »

John Bowker is a professor of religious studies who has taught at the universities of Cambridge, Lancaster, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. He has written and edited many books on world religions including World Religions, God: A Brief History, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Religion, and The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions.

Sonia Halliday specializes in aerial photography of historical sites, particularly in Israel and Jordan. She has been taking photographs around the world for 40 years.

Bryan Knox has been a photographer for 25 years, specializing in such areas as wildlife and stained-glass windows.

36 historical sites in the Holy Land are explored through aerial photography and a text that provides historical, religious and cultural context. The sites date from Roman, Persian and Crusader times, and are of significance the area's 3 main religions.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Plan of the Book and Major Sites

Modern Map of Israel

1. THE RIVER JORDAN

Mount Hermon and Banias

Hazor

The Sea of Galilee

Beth Shan

Jericho

Special Feature: Monasteries

The Dead Sea and Ein Gedi

Qumran

Masada

2. THE HILL COUNTRY

Mount Tabor

Nazareth, Sepphoris, and Cana

Samaria, Nablus, and Mount Gerizim

Jerusalem

The Mount of Olives

Bethlehem

Special Feature: Synagogues

Herodion

Lachish, Tel Miqne, Gezer, and Tel Arad

Hebron

Beer Sheba and the South

3. THE COASTAL PLAIN

Gaza and the Philistines

Ashkelon and Ashdod

Joppa and Aphek

Special Feature: The Crusades

Caesarea Maritima

Megiddo

Mount Carmel and Haifa

Bibliography and General Reading

Index

Acknowledgements