Rivers/Seas
Sea of Galilee- 13x6m
The Dead Sea - 40x10m
Jabbok River - 65 m
Jordan River - 200m
Mediterranean

Provinces
Galilee
Idumaea
Ituraea
Judea
Samaria
Deserts & Plains
Plain of Sharon
Judean Desert

Why in the world would anyone want to spend an entire semester studying the geography of Palestine? Most people hate geography. Geography for the average person tends to be dry and uninteresting. It's a science of cold, hard facts. Yet for the Bible student who wants to become a able teacher of God's Word it is a must to understand the locations where Jesus walked. It will help you to "flesh-out" a sermon or Bible study with visual images that will draw your listeners into the Life of Christ.

To properly understand the life of Jesus we must have a good understanding of the land in which Jesus lived. We will study the geography of the region, mountains, rivers, cities, provinces, political rulers, etc. This study will help your preaching and teaching come to life as you retrace and envision the very footsteps that Jesus walked.

Our goal is to make you so familiar with the topography of Palestine that you could actually walk it in your sleep. If you know it that well then each time your read a biblical reference to a location, a mountain, a river, a sea, a town, a city, or a wilderness you will know exactly where that event took place. Study these maps. Look up maps in the back of your Bible, in a Bible Dictionary, or in magazines. The more you look the more you will see and understand.

Topographical Maps help you visualize the lay of the land, that is, the hills, mountains and valleys. Get to know the land. Study the names of locations listed on the left side of this page. Test yourself by drawing a map of Palestine from memory. Mark each city and town you can remember. Draw the rivers and the seas, the mountains and valleys. Quiz yourself withour blank map that highlights locations without names.