Biblical    Backgrounds:    Bible maps   and geography;    Bible charts   and history    You are at • BB SEMINARS • Home The Land Geobasics The Land's History BB Productions BB Downloads BB Seminars Ordering © 2001-09 Biblical Backgrounds, Inc. All rights reserved.   'Studying the Bible in context'	What is geobasics? - Geology, tectonics, erosion and mineralogy greatly shaped the story of the Bible. How so? In the modern world we seldom think about the effects of rocks, landforms and soils on our lives, but the ancient world lived with close attention to these geographical basics, which form the root of our new release's title, Geobasics in the Land of the Bible. Geobasics and Biblical History - Rocks and their derivatives provide the basic blocks of human life, culture and history. They provide building materials, tools, systems which store water and soils for agriculture. They also determine the paths of streams and roads as well as the locations of cities. When people settled in villages and cities, each city began its own story. Questions naturally arise. Why did people congregate here? How did they the use the surrounding rocks and soils? How could they survive and even thrive? What communication links do they have with outside areas? Answers lie in a city’s setting and the region surrounding it. Indeed, each city reflects the geographical basics of its region, and these basics in turn greatly impact the city’s story as well as its place within biblical history. Geobasics provides the stage of biblical history. Geobasics in the Land of the Bible is an exciting, completely new revision of the out-of-print Geographical Basics in the Land of the Bible. The first edition of this resource served as a useful tool in advancing a regional approach to the land. Thousands of students at Jerusalem University College (fka: American Institute of Holy Land Studies) learned the basic composition of the land through this tool, and at the request of many who learned to love the land with the booklet in hand, Biblical Backgrounds offers this completely revised edition with twelve full color spreads built on Biblical Background's unique topographical data of the land. Pages 2-3: Northern Arena—rocks and soils map of Lebanon, Galilee and Bashan Pages 4-5: Central Arena—rocks and soils map of Samaria, Ephraim, Judah, Gilead and the Medeba Plateau Pages 6-7: Southern Arena—rocks and soils map of the Negev, Southern Highlands, Moab and Edom Pages 8-9: Lebanon Ranges, Beqaa and Damascus—soils and detailed relief Pages 10-11: Galilee, Golan, Jezreel and Lower Gilead—soils and detailed relief Pages 12-13: From Baalbek to Petra—full color rocks and soils map of the entire Land Between Pages 14-15: Lake Galilee and the Galilean Depression—soils and detailed relief Pages 16-17: Sharon, Samaria, Ephraim and Upper Gilead—soils and detailed relief Pages 18-19: Philistia, Judah, the Rift and Moab—soils and detailed relief Pages 20-21: Judah’s Shephelah, Hills and Wilderness—soils and detailed relief Pages 22-23: Negev, Southern Highlands and Edom—soils and detailed relief Geobasics in the Land of the Bible is off the press and will be ready for sale on June 1, 2008. Prices: $14.95—single copy $12.95—25-100 copies $10.95—100+ copies Geobasics Downloads— Geobasics Mini-Marking Guide (version 1.1): The Mini-Marking Guide allows you to complete quickly the basic marking in Geobasics in the Land of the Bible. By first completing the marking in the ‘mini’ guide you are well-acquainted with the book and can continue your study anywhere in the full Geobasics Study Guide (listed below). The ‘mini’ guide marks regions, regional divisions, geographical features, strategic sites and important roads. It also contains regional geobasic statements as used in the full guide. Free Download: Geobasics Mini-Marking Guide (version 1.1) Geobasics Study Guide (version 3.2): The present version 3.2 of the full Guide contains the following discussions and marking instructions: Free Download: Geobasics Study Guide: Northern Arena (version 3.2 with minor corrections) Free Download: Geobasics Study Guide: Central Arena—Eastern Heights (version 3.2 with change from 'tribal slopes' to 'Abarim slopes') Remaining portions are in process. For each completed region, version 3.2 offers geobasic statements, marking instructions, a regional discussion and a characterization of the region in texts. Version 3.2 also allows users two or more options: 1) the 'Guide in brief' which can be done very quickly, 2) the full Guide which offers insightful discussions for those students with greater interest, and 3) a combination of the 'Guide in brief' and readings selected by the user. Please check this page for updates on version 3.2 (July 20, 2009).