This lavishly illustrated volume investigates the places of the Bible through texts, traditions and archaeological research. The oft-told stories of biblical events are freshly discussed and, above all, are brought to vibrant life through a comparison of great religious paintings with modern photographs. This combination of masterpieces of religious painting and distinguished photography presents the Bibles great men and women and to depicts where they lived and where their dramatic and often tragic stories were enacted.
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This lavishly illustrated volume investigates the places of the Bible through texts, traditions and archaeological research. The oft-told stories of biblical events are freshly discussed and, above all, are brought to vibrant life through a comparison of great religious paintings with modern photographs. This combination of masterpieces of religious painting and distinguished photography presents the Bibles great men and women and to depicts where they lived and where their dramatic and often tragic stories were enacted.
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