The Map: Making the Bible Meaningful, Accessible, Practical (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780310252399)

Your Tour Guide through the Bible The MAP is a smart, user-friendly guidebook for anyone who wants to explore the world of the Bible. It's informative, thought-provoking, fun to read, and full of fascinating facts and illuminating graphics. Tackling the Bible with creativity, honesty, and humor, The MAP helps you understand how the Bible works, guides you through it, and shows you both its high points and its easily missed places of interest. The MAP features: - Quick Guide: an at-a-glance introduction to every book of the Bible - Bible Questions: a lighter look at difficult issues - Puzzling Points: explanations of things that make you go "hmmm . . ." - The Route Through: a street map showing you how each biblical book is put together - Landmarks: important events and themes of the Bible - Bible Postcards: introductions to the cities and countries of the Bible - Details, Details: fascinating facts that otherwise might go unnoticed - Viewpoints: a guide to opposing interpretations - Brief Lives: a quick summary of the lives of major Bible characters - Plus--over fifty maps, timelines, and diagrams that bring the world of the Bible to life