Walking the Bible : A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

English

ISBN: 0380977753

EAN: 9780380977758

Category: Travel / Middle East / General/Religion / Biblical Reference / General/Religion / General/

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 03/21/2001

Synopsis: The process of gathering these images reminded me of the Bibles effortless ability to reinvent itself for each generation and each new way of searching. -Bruce FeilerIts stories may be the best known in the world, but its locations have long been a mystery. Where did Noahs ark land? Where did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Where are the lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? Now, in Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey, New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler offers an unprecedented heart-stirring adventure through the landscape of some of historys most storied events.Featuring Bruce Feilers own photography as well as his selections from professional collections, Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey brings together breathtaking vistas, intimate portraits, and fascinating panoramas, providing firsthand access to the inscrutable land where three of the worlds great religions were born-and finally puts a face on the stories that have long inspired the human spirit.Over several years, Feiler traveled nearly ten thousand miles through the deserts of the Middle East, which led first to his runaway national bestseller Walking the Bible. This new illustrated book follows his route, offering a thrilling photographic voyage through the actual places of some of the Bibles most memorable events-from the heights of Mount Ararat, where Noahs ark landed, to the desert outpost in Turkey, where Abraham first heard the words of God, to the summit where Moses overlooked the Promised Land.Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey chronicles a landscape that nurtured the relationship between humans and the divine, breathing new meaning into stories that have been a timeless source of inspiration.

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Walking the Bible : A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.49 inches

Width: 6.62 inches

Length: 9.5 inches

Weight: 28.85 oz

Pages: 464