The map combines colored tribal-region fills with gray shaded relief and a pale cyan water treatment. Labels use black sans-serif settlement names, blue italic water names, and dark red all-capital tribal names.
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Sacred Bridge Series
Map credit: Carta, Jerusalem; Carta Jerusalem; Pinchas Yoeli, Vladimir Shestakovsky
3 publishers: 2006–2019
10 titles
  • Carta
    • 2006: Sacred Bridge: Anson F. Rainey; R. Steven Notley
    • 2007: Carta's New Century Handbook and Atlas of the Bible: Anson F. Rainey; R. Steven Notley
    • 2014: Sacred Bridge: Anson F. Rainey; R. Steven Notley
    • 2015: Understanding the Geography of the Bible: Menashe Har-El
    • 2015: Understanding the Geography of the Bible: Menashe Har'El
    • 2018: Understanding the Ecology of the Bible: Paul Wright
    • 2018: Understanding the Twelve Tribes: Menashe Har-El
    • 2019: Understanding the Lay of the Holy Land: Yohanan Aharoni
  • Yale
    • 2012: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Alexander to Constantine: Eric M. Meyers; Mark A. Chancey
  • Rose
    • 2012: Rose Then and Now Bible Map Atlas: Paul H. Wright
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The map combines colored tribal-region fills with gray shaded relief and a pale cyan water treatment. Labels use black sans-serif settlement names, blue italic water names, and dark red all-capital tribal names. ✨
Labels ✨
Label typography and visual context
Feature typeVisual contextLabel style
oceanSerif
inland waterSerif
Serif
riverSerif
mountainSans Serif
Sans Serif
natural regionSans Serif
Sans Serif
Serif
political regionSERIF
SERIF
SERIF
city Sans Serif
Symbols ✨
Map symbols and color samples
Symbol roleVisual sample
text
water
river
landcover
region fill
boundary
other