With this book at your elbow, the Bible 'comes to life' in an entirely new way: 1) It relates a complete story of the physical factors of the Holy Land directly to the Bible, with 997 separate Scripture references. 2) It adds a fascinating new dimension to Bible reading by means of its thorough consideration of the fields of geology, climate, vegetation, animal life, agriculture and archeology as they bear upon sound geographic studies. 3) It is based on twenty years' continuous study of the 'Land of the Book,' fifteen of which were spent traversing every corner of the present lands of Israel and Jordan by foot, by donkey, by car and by air. 4) It is enriched with accurate information vividly reported, a wealth of photographs taken by the author, and maps and charts specifically drawn for this book. 5) It supplies a readable and dependable survey of a land, factor by factor, and region by region, that has remained much the same since Bible times but is now beginning to change rapidly under the impact of modern conditions. 6) It is the first book to be published in the 20th century in English which approaches the Holy Land neither from the superficial view of the tourist, nor from the excessively technical viewpoint of the archeologist, but from the standpoint of a trained geographer familiar