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Reading the land enables us to read the Bible with greater insight. Though the truths of the Bible transcend time and place, they are rooted in them. Geographical data inform our understanding of activity in the land of the Bible, while the Bible's own description of these events, embedded deeply in the realia of the land itself, helps us better understand the living context in which these events took place. When we develop a skill set that allows us to read the land of the Bible as fluently as we might read the text, we stand not only to gain a better appreciation of the divine-human events of Scripture, we also gain an understanding of how these events become relevant to us in our own particular living contexts.
About the author
Paul H. Wright is president of Jerusalem University College - Institute of Holy Land Studies, in Jerusalem, Israel. Born in the rich farmland of Illinois to a long line of farmers, teachers and Bible readers, Paul has an inborn appreciation of how geography has shaped the biblical text. He and his wife Diane have lived in Jerusalem for twenty-five years, where he has taught biblical historical geography, on-site, to thousands of students, helping them come alive to the Bible. Paul received a Ph.D. in Bible and Ancient Near East from Hebrew Union College and is ordained in the Baptist General Conference.
