Mon 27 Aug 2007
Bible Geocoding — Google Earth meets Bible
Posted by Phil Harland. Categories: Christian origins and literature[3] Comments
Perhaps this is old news to some, but I was pleasantly surprized by a site that Daniel Bernard (from good ol’ Concordia U.) pointed out to me: Bible Geocoding: The location of every identifiable place mentioned in the Bible. As the name suggests, this site provides a look at virtually every biblical site mentioned in the Bible via Google Earth. You can browse the geographical landscape of the lands by biblical book as well. When I click on Revelation, here is what I get. Why not zoom in and see what “Jezebel” is doing in Thyatira. There are also great views of well-excavated sites such as Pergamum and Ephesus.

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August 27th, 2007 at 9:46 am
There’s also this site: http://www.biblemap.org/
August 27th, 2007 at 10:15 am
THanks for that, Brandon.
January 8th, 2012 at 9:57 am
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