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Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible

Pub. Date

 1945 Rev. 1956

Author

 G. E. Wright, Floyd Filson

Number of Maps

 33 Color, 1 b&w

Number of Photos

 87 b&w

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Fair, History: Good

Comments

 Even with the large format, text is better than the maps. Good index.

Rand McNally Bible Atlas

Pub. Date

 1956

Author

 E.G. Kraeling

Number of Maps

 22 Color, 39 b&w

Number of Photos

 173 b&w, Fair

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Fair, History: Good

Comments

 Good text for laypersons, poor regional geographies, fair index.

Historical Atlas of the Holy Land

Pub. Date

 1959

Author

 E.G. Kraeling

Number of Maps

 22 Color, 26 b&w

Number of Photos

 38 b&w, Fair

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Fair, History: Good

Comments

 Fewer than 30 pages of text, presupposes subject knowledge.

Atlas of the Bible

Pub. Date

 1959

Author

 L. Grollenberg

Number of Maps

 37-Color, Good

Number of Photos

 408 b&w, Excellent

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Good, History: Excellent

Comments

 Scholarly, attractive, informative, and useful; fair 26-page gazetteer.

Penguin Shorter Atlas of the Bible

Pub. Date

 1978

Author

 L. Grollenberg

Number of Maps

 10 Color, Poor

Number of Photos

 199 b&w

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Poor, History: Fair

Comments

 Small format makes text fair, but is unfortunate for maps.

Macmillan Bible Atlas

Pub. Date

 1968 Rev. 1977

Author

 Y. Aharoni, M. Avi-Yonah

Number of Maps

 264 two-color

Number of Photos

 None

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Excellent, History: Excellent

Comments

 Excellent for historical and political movement of peoples, fair index.

Atlas of the Biblical World

Pub. Date

 1971

Author

 Dennis Baly, A. Tushingham

Number of Maps

 14 Color, 35 b&w

Number of Photos

 53 b&w, 16 Color

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Excellent, History: Fair

Comments

 Good geography and maps of entire Biblical world, good index.

Oxford Bible Atlas

Pub. Date

 1974

Author

 Herbert May

Number of Maps

 25 Color

Number of Photos

 89 b&w, Excellent

Quality of Maps

 Geography: Good, History: Good

Comments

 Not fully up-to-date, but good maps, excellent 22-page gazetteer.