Where are the Bible lands today? Where were Iraq and Iran in Bible times? The answers to these questions and countless others are found in Then & Now Bible Maps Essentials. This full-color reference tool contains 16 Bible maps that show ancient cities and countries in black with modern-day boundaries marked in red. Fantastic for comparing places in the news with places in the Bible.

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These maps make the Bible more relevant and more meaningful by providing visual context. Discover where Persia is today and the places Paul's first missionary journey would take him if traveling the same route today. You will be able to understand the biblical geographic context of the places you hear in the news every day.

Then & Now Bible Maps Essentials makes it easy to compare Bible times with modern times. On each of the 16 maps, modern-day cities and countries appear in red type or red underline if the name has remained the same. The maps provide helpful historic information. For example:

• The Holy Land: Then (1300 BC Twelve Tribes) and Now (modern times) uses color coding to show Canaan divided by the Twelve Tribes, and also shows the historical and modern-day names of cities within the regions occupied by the Twelve Tribes
• Paul's Journeys: Then (AD 47-62) and Now (modern times) show one of the Seven Churches of Asia (Rev. 1-3), cities, towns, ancient ruins, mountains, modern capital cities and a key for measuring the distance traveled from city to city
• Empires & Kingdoms: Then and Now shows the changing boundaries of the Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Kingdom, and Persian Empire

Then & Now Bible Maps Essentials presents these maps:

• The Middle East Bible Times and Today
• The Holy Land: Then (1300 BC Twelve Tribes) and Now (Modern Times)
• Empires & Kingdoms: Then and Now
• The Holy Land: 1020 BC and 900 BC
• Places of Jesus' Ministry Then (AD 26-30) and Now
• The Holy Land: Then (New Testament Times AD 1-70) and Now (Modern Times)
• Paul's Journeys: Then (AD 47-62) and Now (Modern Times)
• Paul's first Journey: AD 47-62
• Paul's Second Journey: AD 49-51
• Paul's Third Journey: AD 52-57
• Paul's Journey to Rome: AD 57-62

There is a version of the Then and Now Bible Maps products for everyone. This Essentials version provides a great product at an affordable price, but Olive Tree also offers the following editions:

Expanded Then and Now Bible Map Essentials (22 maps)
Bible Maps - Then and Now (27 maps)
Then and Now Bible Atlas (120 maps)