theWord Maps-Atlas Library twm
Maps-Atlas Library twm
By David Cox
02/27/2016
This is a library of modules on Maps and Atlas for the free software program theWord. These are modules which have some kind of biblical geography content to them. Many of the maps in these works are very old, and although in Bible matters that is not necessarily bad, the quality of them is much less than desired many times. Frankly I find that the locations of places in a lot of these maps are general, and that is sufficient for most biblical needs for pastors and Bible students. It is really not all that necessary that they be super accurate. None-the-less, let the user beware than maybe the maps might be off somewhat.
Modern biblical archeology also comes into play here, and many times discoveries from these sources are much more accurate, so those types of sources are to be valued higher than old Bible atlas or Bible maps in general. Even among scholars some of these things are debated, and it should be noted that in many cases these debates are motived by other issues that some people wish to prove. Because of this I generally would not see as high or more value Jewish “scholars” on these matters.
Another issue that should be considered is the presentation of the maps themselves. In some cases the maps are line art (the older days of printing didn’t allow color photos in books except as special inserts). These maps are not always the best for viewing. So one must take the good with the bad.